— Raleigh police have launched a death investigation after a body was found Tuesday night.

Officers responded to the 1500 block of Varsity Drive, near the N.C. State University campus, at about 6:35 p.m. and found a deceased person.

Authorities did not say how the person died.

Residents said they were on edge after police swarmed into the neighborhood Tuesday evening.

Cindy, who didn't want to be identified by her full name, said a man ran to her car and asked to use her phone when she pulled into the driveway of her apartment complex.

"I gave it to him and he fiddled with it and he said, 'Well, what's the number to emergency," Cindy said.

Cindy said the man was too nervous to dial 911 himself, so she did it for him.

"I said, 'Well, what's wrong, because they're going to ask me what's wrong,' and he said his roommate was dead," she said.

By 7 p.m., Raleigh police had closed off a section of the parking lot. By that point, Cindy said she had already walked over to the unit where the man said his roommate died and said she saw a body.

"And the lady on the telephone kept saying 'Well, how do you know he's dead?' And I'm like 'he's dead' and that's when I saw the blood on his chest," she said.

Officers spent much of the evening speaking with residents who might have insight on what happened.

Cindy said she worries for the community.

"It's a shame because there's a lot of kids over here and I hope they didn't see anything," she said.