From staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Police Department announced Saturday, Nov. 7, that detectives in their department were investigating a homicide that occurred earlier in the day on Saturday at 10th Place and Avenue U in Pratt City.
The victim was inside a vehicle that ran into an abandoned house following a gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to UAB Hospital where he later died.
The department’s preliminary investigation revealed the victim was driving a white Buick when he stopped in the roadway. While in the roadway, a white Dodge Charger pulled up next to him and someone exited the Charger and fired several shots into the victim’s vehicle.
According to witnesses, the victim tried to leave the location but ran into an abandoned house two blocks away. The Charger fled the scene in the opposite direction.
The name of the victim has not been released, and the investigation is ongoing.