From Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–The Birmingham Police Department has released the identity of a man who was killed Monday night in a shooting in East Lake.
The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Kameron Connell of Birmingham, according to police.
Just after 8 p.m. on Monday, officers were dispatched to a call of a person shot at an apartment complex in the 7700 Block of 1st Avenue South.
Officers arrived on the scene and observed the victim lying unresponsive in the parking lot of the complex.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel arrived and transported Connell to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
According to BPD Officer Truman Fitzgerald, the preliminary investigation suggests officers located the victim in a parking lot where a dice had taken place.
Detectives are now working to determine if the dice game led to Connell being shot.
Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact the BPD Homicide Unit at (205) 254-1764 or Crime Stoppers (205) 254-7777.
Crime Stoppers pays tipsters cash rewards of up to $5,000 for their tips.
