From Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–The Birmingham Police Department is currently on the scene of a triple homicide at the 1700 block of Indian Summer Drive, just outside of Center Point.
According to BPD Officer Truman Fitzgerald, officers were dispatched to a report of a car crash at around 5:20 p.m. on Saturday.
When officers arrived, they observed a car with multiple bullet holes in the side of it wrecked in the front yard of a residence.
Inside the car, police found an adult female, an adult male, and a young boy suffering from gunshot wounds.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel arrived and pronounced all three victims dead at the scene.
They have since been as 28-year-old Akira Berry of Center Point, her son 5-year-old Landon Brooks, and 28-year-old Eric Ashley, Jr. of Hoover.
“We believe the three victims were in their vehicle in the 1700 block of Indian Summer Drive near the entrance to Echo Highlands Park when they were shot in a targeted shooting,” Fitzgerald said.
“The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle.”
Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact BPD at (205) 254-1764 or Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous at (205) 254-7777.
This story will be updated as information becomes available.
