Shortly after midnight, police were called to a cul-de-sac on Yorkfield Court, near E. Cornwallis Road.
When officers arrived, they found 27-year-old Leonders Horton III of Creedmoor outside on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound.
The unidentified victim was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later.
Further details surrounding the incident have not been released.
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