ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (WAVY) — An Ahoskie man died after being shot Thursday morning on Roanoke Avenue in Elizabeth City. 

Elizabeth City police say the shooting happened around 6 a.m. in the 200 block of Roanoke Avenue. The victim, identified as 34-year-old Rocky Lee Bailey Jr., was found at the scene with a gunshot wound to the chest.

He was taken to Sentara Albermarle Hospital before being flown by Nightingale to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, but died shortly afterwards, police say. 

Anyone with information to help police with their investigation is asked to call the Elizabeth City Police Department at 252-335-4321 or the Crime Line at 252-335-5555.