HEBRON (Ma’an) --A 43-year-old man from Hebron died on Friday morning after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest, medics said.

Red Crescent official Nasser Kabbajeh identified the shooting victim as Omar Abu Al Jeraich from the town of Kharas in the southern West Bank.

Doctors at Al Ahli Hospital in Hebron said the man was already dead when he arrived at the hospital.

The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately clear early Friday.