SOUTH BOSTON, Va. – South Boston Police are investigating a shooting that left a 22-year-old Chase City man dead early Thursday morning.

The South Boston News and Record reports that Raquan M. Canada died of gunshot wounds while sitting in a car on Gygax Avenue in South Boston.

The Halifax County 911 Center received a report of a shooting shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday. Officers responded and found a man slumped over the passenger seat of a 2019 Ford. The victim was later identified as Canada.

The area surrounding Gygax Ave. and Hoover St. was blocked off for several hours while officers from South Boston and Halifax County collected evidence and interviewed neighbors.

Canada’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy.

At last report, no charges had been filed and no arrests had been made in the homicide.