From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has identified an 18-year-old who died by gunshot on Monday evening, October 18, 2021.
Antwaun Demaun Horn, 18, sustained a gunshot wound injury during a reported assault. The death is being investigated as a homicide therefore, all questions regarding the circumstances surrounding the death should be made to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the 300 block of Valley Road to the call of shots fired. The original calls reported that an 18-year-old man had been shot in the alley behind a store.
The victim was transported to UAB West Hospital, where he later was pronounced dead.