Officers were called to 2900 Westmont Street around 1:20 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28 for a "hospital case," city police said.
There, they found the unidentified Hispanic man lying face-up in the roadway under a sheet, having suffered a gunshot wound to the right side of his face, police said.
Medic Unit #25B responded to the scene prior to the arrival of police and pronounced the victim dead.
The male remains unidentified. There is no motive or arrest; the investigation is ongoing with the Homicide Unit.
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