Natalie Neysa Alund

USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee

Metro police say the death of a man shot during a home invasion early Wednesday appears to be drug related.

Laltaro Guinn, 36, was shot and killed inside his apartment on the 3200 block of Curtis Street, in North Nashville. Police continue searching for two suspects.

A man visiting Guinn at the apartment told police that when he stepped outside to retrieve a cigarette, at 12:40 a.m., two masked gunmen confronted him and forced him back inside.

The men ordered several people in the apartment to the floor while asking, "Where's it at?"

Police say Guinn, a convicted drug felon, was reported to be a cocaine and Xanax dealer. The gunmen search Guinn before fleeing and may have left in a silver sedan.

The men were dressed in black and wore masks, one of them green.

The killing marked the city's 10th criminal homicide so far in 2016. As of this time last year, the city had seen eight killings.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 615-74-CRIME.

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