Police say a man was killed in Shelby’s second fatal shooting this week

A Shelby man died in a shooting Friday, marking the second gun death this week, according to Shelby police.

Chief Brad Fraser said the two incidents were unrelated.

According to a news release, officers with the Shelby Police Department responded to the 600 block of East Warren Street at 11:59 a.m. Friday in reference to reports that someone had been shot. Once on scene, officers found a man suffering from a single gunshot wound at 605 E. Warren St., the release said.

Cleveland County EMS and medical first responders responded to the scene and transported the man to Atrium Health – Cleveland, where he was later pronounced dead, according to police. Shelby police are withholding the man’s name until family is notified.