CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston police have identified a man found dead Thursday morning in a West Side apartment.

The body of Michael Vincent Rogers, 19, of Mobile, Ala., was found in an apartment at 824 Central Ave. at about 9:50 a.m., according to Sgt. Eric Hodges of the Charleston Police Department.

Authorities were sent to the apartment after calls to the Metro 911 center about a person bleeding from the chest.

Hodges said Rogers had been shot in the left front of his torso.  The investigation is continuing.