Omaha Police are investigating the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Franklin Taylor Jr. He was shot to death early Friday morning in front of 2564 Crown Point Avenue.

Authorities received the report of the shooting at 4:16 a.m.

When officers arrived, they found the victim on the sidewalk. He was dead at the scene.

We spoke with a man who lives in the area. He doesn't want to be identified but he heard the shots and he told us, "Almost 4:15 this morning I heard three shots. We thought it was fireworks. Then behind those three shots there were three more shoots that sounded off in the distance and I came to the porch and saw him lying down there."

Michael Browder also lives in the area and heard the shots fired.

He says, "My wife told me she heard two loud noises and she thought they were fireworks and she heard some squealing tires. That's about it."

Browder says he worries about his changing neighborhood but he insists it's not as bad as its been portrayed.

"People sometimes get the misconception that is just shoot-em-up gangster down here in the inner city on 24th. It's not. I walk my dog in Miller Park four or five times a day, sometimes as late as 10:30. It's dark and no one bothers me or anything."

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call police at 444-5656.