A 24-year-old man was found shot to death yesterday in Southwest Baltimore, according to police.

Howard Martin of the 300 block of South Augusta Avenue was shot several times in the 4300 block of Parkton Street, police said.

Mr. Martin stumbled to an apartment building in the 400 block of Yale Avenue, where he collapsed and died, they said.

Police said they found a small bag of suspected rock cocaine next to the victim. They have no suspects.

A total of 284 people have been slain in Baltimore this year, one more than for this time last year.