New Castle Police are investigating a fatal shooting Tuesday evening.

The shooting happened around 4:17 p.m. at a home in the 1400 block of E. Washington Street.

Officers found a man dead on the back porch with a gunshot wound to his chest.

Police believe the victim and at least one other person shot at each other near an alleyway.

More than a dozen evidence markers were placed near shell casings.

Detectives are interviewing witnesses to the shooting.

The New Castle Police Department said more information will be released when it becomes available.