On Saturday, at approximately 10:19 p.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of E. Walnut Street for an unknown disturbance. 

The caller did not provide details.

A short time later, officers received an alert from the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system in the same area.

When officers arrived on the scene, they located a black male, Larry Maurice Saunders Jr., 31, laying in the back yard of the residence, suffering from gunshot wounds.

Wayne County EMS pronounced Saunders Jr. deceased at approximately 10:48 p.m.

The Goldsboro Police Department’s Investigative Services Bureau was contacted and responded to the scene. The investigation is still ongoing.