Police investigate a homicide on Lorimier Street

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department help load a 49-year-old homicide victim onto a stretcher from an apartment building on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department help load a 49-year-old homicide victim onto a stretcher from an apartment building on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bystanders react as officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department remove a 49-year-old homicide victim from an apartment building on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department help load a 49-year-old homicide victim onto a stretcher from an apartment building on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bystanders react as officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department remove a 49-year-old homicide victim from an apartment building on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department prepare to help load a 49-year-old homicide victim onto a stretcher from an apartment building on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

A man peers out from a neighboring apartment as officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

A bystander reacts after speaking with officers from the Cape Girardeau Police Department as they work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

An officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department hands out cans of water to bystanders on Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton leaves the scene as officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

An officer with the Cape Girardeau Police Department catches a beverage while working the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department help load a 49-year-old homicide victim into a transport van from an apartment building on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Demonqua Oliver sits on the basketball court at Indian Park as bystanders watch officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department load the victim of a homicide into a transport van on Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bystanders gather at the corner of William and Lorimier Streets as officers work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday evening, July 19, 2017, in Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Jessie James stands behind the apartment building on the 200 block of Lorimier Street where his nephew lived as officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. James, who lives in Caruthersville, Missouri, said he was at a Cape Girardeau hospital with his wife when he got the news about his nephew. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

Officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street. (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)

A young man watches the porch of a neighboring apartment as officers with the Cape Girardeau Police Department work the scene of a homicide on Wednesday, July 19, 2017, on the 200 block of S. Lorimier Street (Laura Simon ~ Southeast Missourian)