The man found shot dead in Birmingham Road is the first homicide of the city in 1 month

A man was found shot to death on a Birmingham road, the first homicide of the city in a month.

West Preccian officers were sent on Saturday at 19:00 to a person’s report down at the intersection between Avenue E and 16th Street in Ensley.

The police arrived to find the adult man who does not respond on the road. The Birmingham fire and rescue service pronounced him dead on the spot.

It was not immediately clear what caused his fatal wounds.

The office of the coroner in Jefferson County, on Sunday, established that the victim, who has not yet been identified, was shot, SGT said. Laquitta Wade.

Wade said that there are no reports about shootings drawn in the area or in any spotter notifications. Whether he was killed there or another location, he stays under the investigation.

The victim is that of the 17th City Halling until this year and the first of February 15, when a The 21 -year -old man was shot at death behind a vacant houseAlso in Ensley.

At the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, Birmingham went 39 days without homicide. In 2014, the city went 31 days without homicide.

Last week, Police interim chief Michael Pickett, spoke about the decrease of homucids in the city and offered an update to his plan to combat violent crime.

Anyone who has information is asked to resort to homicide investigators at 205-254-1764 or stop stop crimes at 205-254-7777.