Berkeley police asked the public to avoid the area where Adeline St. splits into Martin Luther King Jr. Way near the Ashby BART station Friday afternoon due to the investigation into a fatal shooting.

Police issued the first alert around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, saying that due to police activity in the area of ​​Adeline St. near Fairview St., the road was closed and the public was asked to avoid the area until further notice.

Additional road closures occurred at the intersections of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Woolsey St. and Adeline St. and Harmon St.

Aerial photographs of the scene showed several police units and at least two fire department units outside a house on Adeline Street.

Police later confirmed that officers were investigating a homicide in the 3200 block of Adeline St.

According to police, at approximately 12:44 p.m., Berkeley Police received reports of gunshots heard in that block of Adeline St. Officers who arrived found a gunshot victim at the scene and immediately performed life-saving measures before being relieved by the Berkeley Fire Department. The victim succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

Officers are still on scene investigating the fatal shooting. No information has been released on a suspect.

According to police, the shooting is the third homicide in Berkeley this year and the second involving a firearm.