As shell casings lay on the pavement of High School Road, officers are investigating a possible homicide on the city's northwest side.

Officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 5400 block of High School Road at 5:17 p.m.

Officers were flagged down and saw what appeared to be an individual with gunshot wounds lying on the porch, according to Sgt. Christopher Wilburn.

It was apparent at that time that the victim — later identified as Ryan Goss, 46, Indianapolis — was deceased due to the extent of the wounds, Wilburn said.

Neighbor Debbie Whitson, 54, said she heard four or five loud noises. "All I heard was like a boom-boom-boom-boom," she said. "I really thought it was firecrackers at first."