Chesterfield County police are investigating a shooting death that apparently occurred early this morning.

Police said they responded to a call of gunfire shortly before 12:30 a.m. at America's Best Value Inn in the 2100 block of Willis Road, and officers found a person dead when they arrived.

Police declined to release the sex or identity of the victim, or to say whether the person appeared to have been shot at the hotel.

Police said their investigation into what they termed a suspicious death is continuing.