UPDATE: Man killed shortly after leaving home

A Rupert Dean Lane man was shot and killed shortly after he left his home after 8pm Wednesday.

According to police, family members reported hearing gunshots shortly after the victim left home. They rushed outside to investigate and met him lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.

Emergency Medical Services personnel were called to the scene and pronounced the man dead.

“There are a number of persons who are assisting police with the investigation at this time,” according to Police Press Liaison ASP Audley Peters who addressed the media on the crime scene.

However, he could not say if the gunman was traveling in a vehicle or on foot.

Peters thanked the public for providing police with information that led to the arrests of several suspects during the holiday season and urged them to continue to work with police.