A 26-year-old man was killed Tuesday afternoon in Phenix City, police said.

Officers responded to a home in the 1300 block of 17th Avenue just after noon Tuesday, WRBL reported.

At the scene, officers found 26-year-old Darrell Hunter Jr. dead inside a duplex.

Hunter’s death has been ruled a homicide, Phenix City Police Chief Darrell Lassiter told WRBL.

Police did not say how Hunter died.

His death remained under investigation Tuesday.