The family of a 26-year-old man fatally shot at a St. Paul home said Monday they are mourning his loss and looking for answers.

Mychael DeAngelo Kendrick, of St. Paul, was attending an after-party in the city’s North End when he was shot in the back early Sunday at a house on Sycamore and Jackson streets. The single gunshot came from outside the house as Kendrick stood at the window, said his aunt, Essie Fox.

Someone drove Kendrick to Regions Hospital about 5:30 a.m. Sunday; Fox believes it was a friend who took him to the hospital.

Kendrick died Sunday morning, and police said Monday they continue to investigate. Police did not announce arrests in the case Monday.

“It was one shot and it hit my nephew and killed him,” Fox said. “His mother feels like it was intended. As far as us knowing who did it, we don’t know.”

The remnants of a candlelight vigil remained outside the house Monday morning — the candles were arranged to spell out “Mikey.”

Kendrick, who graduated from St. Paul’s Gordon Parks High School, was the father of 4- and 10-year-old daughters and had another child on the way, Fox said. He enjoyed spending time with his family, and his mother called him “Little One.”

“That name stuck with him forever — he was her baby, the last born, the smallest of all his brothers, but had the biggest heart of all of them,” Fox said. “… Mychael was like the heartbeat of our family. He spread his love to everyone that surrounded him.”

Police and Kendrick’s family are asking anyone with information to come forward by calling 651-266-5650 or 888-ATF-GUNS.

Neighbors said they did not hear gunshots Sunday morning. Some said they had been concerned about parties at the house in recent years.

Theresa Aguirre said she would see people leaving the weekend parties at 4:30 a.m. and music from their cars would fill the street.

“Sometimes there would be kind of a violent tone to the conversations and I was always wondering if there was going to be a fight that would be started,” Aguirre said.

Police received three calls to the address this year — for a traffic violation, “investigate” and “check welfare” — none of which resulted in reports being written.

Landlord James Williams said Monday that he extends his condolences to Kendrick’s family and plans to speak publicly at a later time.

Resident Jeanne Kapaun said it’s been quiet on the block, but the shooting was too close to home.

“If it’s going to happen, I guess it’s going to happen anywhere,” she said.