photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World

Police were interviewing residents and searching the area near Cedarwood and Kent late Saturday morning in relation to an overnight homicide.

As of Monday night, police still have not identified a man who was discovered shot to death in Lawrence over the weekend.

The Lawrence Police Department asked for the public’s help in identifying the man and discovering more about the crime, which occurred overnight Saturday.

On Monday morning, a spokeswoman for LPD, Laura McCabe, told the Journal-World that it’s “still a very active investigation.”

“We have not positively identified the victim, but are utilizing all resources available to us to do so,” McCabe said in an email. “Please keep in mind that once we do positively identity, we will have to also find and inform the family before releasing (information) to the public … We are still asking the public to call with any information. Remember, callers to Crime Stoppers (785-843-TIPS) can remain anonymous.”

According to a post on the Lawrence Police Department’s Facebook page, officers responded to reports of gunfire shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday in the vicinity of 24th Street and Cedarwood Avenue and started interviewing people near the scene. Meanwhile, police officers who were proactively dispatched to LMH Health observed a car speeding to the emergency entrance. Officers pulled a wounded male victim from the back of the vehicle, who was later pronounced dead by hospital staff.

McCabe told the Journal-World that the victim had been shot at least twice, once in the chest.

photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World

Police were interviewing residents and searching the area near Cedarwood and Kent late Saturday morning in relation to an overnight homicide.

The victim is described as a white male thought to be in his 20s with sandy brown hair. During interviews with police, the three occupants of the vehicle who brought the victim to LMH said they did not know the victim’s identity. Investigators are seeking more information on the occupants of the vehicle and have canvassed the area of the crime scene and spoken to “dozens” of residents, the post said.