From Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–A man was shot and killed while driving through Roebuck with a child in the car Monday morning, according to the BPD Officer Truman Fitzgerald.
The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Enrique Cortes of Birmingham.
Just before 8 a.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a person shot in the 9300 block of Parkway East.
When officers arrived on the scene, they found a pickup truck in the roadway and observed the driver slumped over behind the wheel suffering from a gunshot wound.
“We believe that the victim was traveling on Parkway East when a separate vehicle pulled next to the victim’s vehicle and an unknown suspect fired shots into the victim’s vehicle,” Fitzgerald said.
Cortes’ grandson, a 5-year-old boy, was also inside the vehicle at the time of the shooting.
According to police, after the shooting “Good Samaritans” rushed the child to a nearby CVS Pharmacy for safety.
Birmingham Fire & Rescue later arrived on the scene and pronounced Cortes dead.
The child was transported by police to East Precinct and later reunited with his family.
There is still no one in custody.
Anyone with information about the case can contact BPD at (205) 254-1764 or remain anonymous and receive a cash reward of up to $5,000 by calling Crime Stoppers at (205) 254-7777.
