CAMBRIDGE - Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred last Tuesday afternoon in Cambridge.

At about 3:05 p.m. Tuesday, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Wood Street and Fairmount Avenue. According to a preliminary investigation, Cambridge Police officers canvased the area and located a body in a wooded area along the 600 block of Edgewood Avenue.

A statement from the Cambridge Police Department said the victim had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

The Cambridge Police Department secured the scene and requested that the Maryland State Police homicide unit handle the investigation.

The victim was identified as Kevin Dwayne Raeford, 20, of Salisbury. Raeford’s body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.

No other injuries or fatalities were reported as a result of the shooting. No arrests have been made yet in this case. The Dorchester County State’s Attorney responded to the scene and was briefed on the investigation. 

The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information on this case is asked to call Maryland State Police at 443-480-6818.

Cambridge police said more information will be provided to the public as it becomes available.