A 25-year-old Fox Hill man was murdered Sunday night after police said he was shot to the head.

According to reports it was sometime around 11:30 p.m. when the Romer Street resident was sitting outside a home on Old Cedar Street in Yellow Elder Gardens when he was accosted by a man, who pulled out a handgun.

Police said in a bid to fend off his assailant the victim put up a fight.

But the gunman fired a single shot, hitting the victim once to the head before escaping in the bushes to the western side of the house.

As is customary, police are appealing to the public for help in solving this latest homicide.