CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police are searching for the gunman in a shooting that killed a man Saturday night just northwest of Charlotte’s uptown.

The shooting happened around 9:10 p.m. on Coxe Avenue in a neighborhood off Rozzelles Ferry Road and not far from Johnson C. Smith University.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said officers were called to the area after receiving reports of gunshots. When they arrived, police found an adult man lying on the ground.

Gregory Lamont Kilgo, 32, had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police continued searching for the gunman late Saturday. Police said the suspect was described as a black man in his mid-20s who wore all black and had short dreadlocks.