NACOGDOCHES POLICE INVESTIGATING EARLY MORNING HOMICIDE

The Nacogdoches Police Department is currently conducting a homicide investigation in the 2000 block of Pruitt Hill Circle. At around 2:10 a.m. officers that were on patrol heard gunfire coming from the area of Pruitt Hill Circle. Officers immediately responded to the area attempting to locate the origins of the gunfire. Soon after dispatch received a call from a resident stating their adult son was laying on the floor inside the garage not moving. Officers arrived at the scene and found an adult male victim with no pulse and not breathing, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. EMS arrived on scene and determined the victim was deceased. The victim has been identified to be Melvin Rogers Jr. 40 years of age from Nacogdoches,Tx. Officers found multiple rounds were fired from outside of the residence into the house. An autopsy was ordered by the Justice of the Peace. This is an active investigation and as further information becomes available it will be released.