UPDATED at 2:45 p.m. with victim's name

ST. LOUIS • A man who was found shot multiple times and carrying petitions to support A Safer Missouri's local control ballot initiative Tuesday night has died, according to police.

Police found 55-year-old Darryl Winston of the 4400 block of Anderson Avenue in an alley between Holly and Clarence avenues near Carter Avenue just before 9 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken to a hospital, where he died at about 11 a.m. today.

He had been shot multiple times in the chest, police say.

Police say witnesses heard two men arguing before the shooting. Police did not have any information on a suspect.

It was unclear whether Winston had been collecting petitions in that neighborhood at the time of the shooting.

A Safer Missouri Citizens' Coalition is sponsoring the 2012 ballot initiative to return control of the St. Louis police department to the city from the state.