From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Jefferson County Coroner has identified the man found on I-65 on Monday, February 28, at approximately 1:55 a.m.
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Birmingham Police Department’s (BPD) North Precinct officers were dispatched to Interstate 65 North near the Finley Boulevard Exit on a report of a person shot.
“Officers arrived on the scene where they observed a Silver Chevrolet Trax in the emergency lane on the left side of the interstate,” Officer Truman Fitzgerald said.
Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities ask if there is anyone who has information pertaining to the case, please contact the BPD Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
This is Birmingham’s 23rd murder investigation of 2022, including one justifiable death ruling.