Police investigating Monday night homicide in Alexandria

A 28-year-old man was killed Monday in a homicide that remains under investigation, according to police.

Alexandria Police Department officers responded around 7:41 p.m. to calls of shots fired and a man down in the Rapides Avenue and Ball Powell Street area, reads a news release.

The victim, Ronald Benson, was found there with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, it reads.

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No other information on Benson was released.

Detectives are investigating. If anyone has information, call 318-441-6460 or 318-441-6559.