PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Police are investigating a homicide that happened Saturday morning in Portsmouth.

Just before 7:30 a.m. on February 18, police say they were alerted to a shooting in the 40 block of Gilmerton Avenue.

Officers arrived and located the victim, with fatal injuries. On Tuesday, police identified him as 23-year-old Tyre-a Irvon Mcpherson of Chesapeake.

In documents obtained by 10 On Your Side, numerous spent cartridge casings were found surrounding the victim indicating he was “shot at close range.”

A cell phone was also recovered from the victim. Investigators, who were able to reach family members of the victim, reported that Mcpherson was last seen leaving with unknown person(s) in a black vehicle around midnight of February 18, just hours before he was found dead.

No further information at this time.

Contact the PPD Investigations Bureau at 757–393–8536 or call the Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP with any information about this case. You can also reach the Crime Line at **TIPS (**8477).