A 15-year-old boy is dead after being shot in Alexandria, Virginia, on Saturday night.

Alexandria police said officers responded to the 300 block of South Whiting Street shortly before midnight for a report of a possible shooting.

Inside a residence at the scene, they found the teen who had been shot.

He was taken to an area hospital, where police said he died.

The Alexandria Police Department said in a statement that it “is now investigating this shooting incident as a suspicious death.”

An autopsy will be conducted by the medical examiner.

No other information was immediately available.

Below is a map of the area where the shooting took place.

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Detectives are actively investigating this case. The Alexandra Police Department is asking that anyone with information regarding this incident please contact Detective J. Marable by phone at 703-746-6883, email: Jason.marable@alexandriava.gov, or call their nonemergency number at 703-746-4444.