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Just after 11 a.m., police responded to a call of a “suspicious subject’’ lying in the backyard of a residence on the 5300 block of Docia Circle, police said in a release.
Officers confirmed the person was dead and had been shot, the release said.
Police later Sunday identified the victim as Stephon Darius Links.
The department’s Homicide Unit is investigating.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Detective M. Waters at 910-635-4978 or Crimestoppers at 910-483-TIPS (8477).