A man was found shot to death, second from right, early Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 in a parking structure adjacent to an apartment complex where UC Riverside students reside. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A forensic specialist gets towering support from Riverside firefighters at the Palms on University complex parking lot where a man was shot to death. The ladder for measurements, according to police, when asked why forensics couldn’t walk to second level from inside lot. Three Modelo beer cans are scattered by the dumpster while one on the lot ledge below was marked as evidence on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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A young lady talks to Riverside police. It appears she wants to get to her car in the Palms on University complex parking lot where a man was shot to death, but was turned away by law enforcement on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Three empty Modelo beer cans near a dumpster and another on the Palms on University parking lot ledge, mark as evidence, was visible beyond the yellow tape. A man was found shot to death at 3 a.m. in the lot on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A beer can and a gray SUV are marked as evidence at Palms on University parking lot where a man was found shot to death at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. It is believed that many residences attend nearby UC Riverside. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)



It was a long morning for Riverside police when a man was found shot to death at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 at the Palms on University parking lot in Riverside. Police was grateful to people who gave them caffeine.(Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Riverside police and firefighters swarm the Palms on University complex parking lot, left, where a man was shot to death on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

The Palms on University complex along with portions of neighboring Taco Bell and the parking lot beyond it which holds Tim Boba was roped off with yellow tape after a man was shot to death in Riverside on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A forensic specialist documents the Palms on University complex parking lot where a man was shot to death in Riverside on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

Riverside police investigate a shooting death in a parking structure next to the Palms on University apartments and several small restaurants on University Avenue on Aug. 17, 2019. (Brian Rokos/The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)



Riverside police investigate a shooting death in a parking structure next to the Palms on University apartments and several small restaurants on University Avenue on Aug. 17, 2019. (Brian Rokos/The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A gray SUV in the Palms on University parking lot in Riverside was marked as evidence in a shooting death of a man on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

It was a long morning for Riverside police when a man was shot to death at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 at the Palms on University parking lot in Riverside. Police was grateful to people who gave them caffeine.(Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

A man was found shot to death early Saturday, Aug. 17, in a parking structure adjacent to an apartment complex where UC Riverside students live.

Officers responded to a report of shots fired at a small business in the Eastside neighborhood on the 1400 block of University Avenue at 3:12 a.m., said Officer Ryan Railsback, a Riverside Police Department spokesman. The victim was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Coroner investigators were working to identify the victim and notify next of kin.

No information about any possible suspects was immediately available.

Yellow evidence markers were placed outside the parking structure, several feet from a Taco Bell drive-thru line. The restaurant was open. The structure is also adjacent to several small restaurants.

The Palms on University apartments advertises rooms for rent a half-mile from campus. It is operated by The Scion Group.

Staff writer Jonah Valdez contributed to this story.