The Opelousas Police Department is investigating an early morning shooting that left one-person dead.

The victim has been identified as 22-year-old John O’Neal Jason.

According to Police Chief Martin McClendon, officers responded to the call of a shooting on Statesman Road near Rice Lane at around 2:45 a.m.

When they arrived on scene, they found Jason with a single gunshot wound to the head.

Detectives are questioning anyone that was in the area at the time of the shooting

Police do not have a suspect at this time. The incident remains under investigation.