The city’s first homicide of 2013 likely occurred within the first few hours of New Year’s Day.

Police are investigating the death of Bradlee Thompson, 30, at 613 Hulbert St.

Thompson was shot at least once, according to police, but multiple shots were reportedly fired in the area about 3 a.m. Tuesday.

Police did not release any suspect information Tuesday, but officers took three people from the Days Inn on Miller Lane to the Dayton Safety Building downtown for questioning early Wednesday morning. Dayton Police homicide detective Sgt. Dan Mauch said those individuals are not suspects at this time.

Neighbors reported hearing shots shortly after 3 a.m. and police were called to the 600 block of Hulbert later in the morning to inspect a house that had been struck by bullets. While investigating, they found a door unsecured at 613 and found the victim dead inside the home.

Thompson, the father of a 7-year-old girl who worked at Kil-Kare Raceway in Xenia, did not live at the Hulbert address. It is unknown why he was there. The individuals being questioned today are connected to that address, but it is unknown in what way.

Friends of his told WHIO-TV that they last saw him at a private club at about 2 a.m. Tuesday. They said he was drinking and celebrating the new year.

“We were all in a New Year’s party last night and he was in a good mood and everything,” said friend Tony Wilkins.

Thompson’s death is the first homicide of the year, but the third in the city in less than two weeks. There were 28 homicides reported in the city in 2012, the most recent occurring Dec. 21 and 24.

The 28 deaths in 2012 included one incident that was ruled self-defense and one incident in which an individual was killed by a law enforcement officer in what was determined to be a justified use of force. That number is down from 35 homicides in 2011.