The white door of a black patrol car with "STOCKTON POLICE" on the side and a large badge
A Stockton police car patrols the city. (File photo by Annie Barker/Stocktonia/CatchLight Local/Report for America)

A 32-year-old man died after being shot early Tuesday morning in north Stockton, police said.

Officers responded around 5:09 a.m. to reports of a shooting in the 7600 block of Pacific Avenue in the city’s Lakeview District. They found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds, the Stockton Police Department said in a statement on social media.

The victim was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

No suspect information was immediately available. Police said they are investigating his death as homicide.