From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting that claimed the life of a Birmingham Water Works employee.
The shooting happened on Friday, April 9, 2021, in the parking lot of Walmart on Montclair Road.
Officers were called to the scene around 12:56 p.m. and found the Birmingham Water Works company vehicle lodged in the shrubbery at the location. They found two people inside the vehicle, both employees of Birmingham Water Works. The driver, Tyrone King, 29, of Birmingham, was unresponsive and had multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The passenger was not hurt and has not been identified.
“The preliminary investigation indicates the Birmingham Water Works vehicle was driving in the Wal-Mart parking lot when someone in a sedan flanked the vehicle and fired multiple rounds into the victim’s vehicle,” Sgt. Rodarius Mauldin said in a press release. “The driver lost control and the vehicle came to a rest in the median of shrubbery after colliding with a parked vehicle.”
Investigators believe the victim was targeted. No arrests have been made and a clear motive has not been established.
If you have information, you are asked to call the B.P.D. Homicide Unit @ 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers @ 205-254-7777.