PHOENIX -- One man is dead after being shot in his apartment near 40th street and Baseline.

Man shot dead at front door

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PHOTOS: Where it happened

Phoenix Police say that someone knocked on his apartment door late Thursday night. The man answered the door and was shot 4 times. He was transported to the hospital but later died.

The gunman was seen running from the scene by witnesses and then drove away in a small truck. The name of the apartment complex where the man was shot is the Sterling Point Apartments.