From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM – Police have identified the victim in the shooting death that occurred at Mountainside Villa Apartments on Saturday as Thomas Bostany, 29, of Birmingham.
Officers arrived on the scene and then observed Bostany unresponsive inside a vehicle. Upon further investigation, officers observed the victim had been shot. Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel arrived on the scene and pronounced him deceased.
The preliminary investigation revealed someone fired shots into Bostany’s vehicle, and detectives took an adult male into custody on the scene.
BPD Homicide detectives interviewed the suspect at BPD Headquarters. The suspect was later transported to the Birmingham City Jail where he was placed under a 48-hour felony extension for capital murder.
No clear motive has been determined, Fitzgerald said..