***Updated at 2:20 p.m. on April 25, 2022 to include name of the victim.***
MINOT — Minot Police say they are investigating a homicide that happened early Friday morning.
They say officers responded at 12:41 a.m. to a report of an unresponsive man laying in front of a residence in Northwest Minot and found Alexander R. Eckert, 22, Minot, with a gunshot wound.
Eckert was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Minot Police Department Investigations Division at 701-852-0111.