Phenix City man, 28, found dead with gunshot wound to head

A 28-year-old man was found dead Wednesday night on 16th Street, Phenix City Police Lt. Angela Leslie said.

Maurice Richardson of Phenix City, whose death is being investigated as a homicide, was pronounced dead on the scene at 10:35 p.m. His body is being sent to the Alabama Department of Forensics Science in Montgomery for an autopsy.

Authorities were called to a residential area in the 1000 block of 16th Street around 9 p.m. Wednesday and found the victim dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

Leslie said Thursday morning that no arrests have been made in the case. No suspect descriptions are available at this time, she added.

Richardson’s death is the first Phenix City homicide of 2017.

This story was originally published March 30, 2017 at 10:39 AM with the headline "Phenix City man, 28, found dead with gunshot wound to head."