By Associated Press - Monday, April 3, 2017

WILSON, N.C. (AP) - Wilson police are investigating the shooting death of a man over the weekend.

Local media outlets report officers were called at around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to help an unresponsive person.

When officers arrived, they found 31-year-old Harry Evangelist Beecher of Wilson lying in the road, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.



Authorities couldn’t revive Beecher, and he died at the scene. Police haven’t released any other details or identified possible suspects.

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