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Portsmouth police identify man found murdered in alley

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WVEC) -- Detectives were investigating the murder of 30-year-old Kirshem Sanders after someone found his body in an alleyway Tuesday morning.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WVEC) -- Detectives were investigating the murder of 30-year-old Kirshem Sanders after someone found his body in an alleyway Tuesday morning.

Emergency received a call at 8:28 a.m. when someone found Sanders unresponsive between Maryland Avenue and Chautauqua Avenue.

Jeff Johnson saw the body behind his home. He called 911 and alerted his neighbors.

"I saw a man laying there w his arm up in the air, about 8 inches above the ground. He had a pair of shoes like about 4 feet away-- looked like they were just placed there," he said.

Detective Misty Holley told 13News Now that Sanders, who lived in Virginia Beach, had been shot a number of time in the upper part of his body.

Police did not have any information about the shooter or a possible motive late Tuesday.

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