From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — A Center Point man was shot and killed in a Birmingham alleyway on Saturday, Oct. 15, at approximately 2:40 a.m.
According to the Birmingham Police Department (BPD), Roderick Earl Gray Jr., 26, of Center Point, sustained gunshot wound injuries during a reported assault.
“Two Birmingham Police officers, working in an off-duty capacity at a nearby nightclub, were alerted of a person shot in the 200 Block of 4th Street North,” Officer Truman Fitzgerald stated. “The two officers alerted the Birmingham 911 Communications Division; North Precinct officers responded to the location.”
Officers arrived on the scene and observed Gray lying unresponsive in an alleyway suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel arrived on the scene and pronounced Gray dead.
“The preliminary investigation suggests the victim may have been at a nearby nightclub prior to the shooting taking place across the street in an alleyway. The nightclub’s security staff (non-BPD personnel) detained a person of interest,” Fitzgerald stated. “Homicide detectives will interview the person of interest.”
Authorities ask anyone who has information pertaining to the case to contact the BPD Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
This is Birmingham’s 111th murder investigation of 2022, with seven justifiable deaths.