Saskatoon police are hoping witnesses can help them track down the killer who fatally shot a man on Thursday night.

Officers who responded to a shooting call just after 10:30 p.m. found Jaron Tyler Jahnke, 28, gravely wounded and had him rushed to hospital, where he "was pronounced deceased just after 6:00 a.m.," police said in a release Friday morning.

Police then took up positions in front of a house at 607 Avenue H South where it was believed a suspect in the shooting had fled.

Betty Dingwall, who lives across the street, watched the drama unfold from her front window.

"There was cars up there, there was cars down here — police cars — and they had lights there shining on everybody's house," Dingwall said.

A police negotiator could be heard trying to communicate with anyone in the house, Dingwall said.

"They shot all the windows out in the front, they shot them out in the porch, and they kept saying all you have to do is come out with your hands up because we're not going away," Dingwall said.

Bean-bag guns

CBC News reporter Dan Zakreski reported Friday morning from the scene that officers used their bean-bag guns to blow out all the windows on the front of the house to gain entry."

However, police have not made any arrests in the city's third homicide of the year.

A neighbour told CBC News Friday that the scene of the shooting has often been visited by police for one reason or another, saying it has been a problem for about a year.

"I have two small kids and I really worry that they're going to get mixed up in all this because it happens quite often," Jamee Guiomont said.

Saskatoon police used their emergency response team to respond to a shooting in the city Thursday night. (CBC) There was still a heavy police presence in the area on Friday, but barricades erected Thursday night were down and traffic in the area was moving again.

"Members of the Saskatoon Police Service will still be in the area continuing their investigation," police said in the release.