Gunshot victim dies hours after found unresponsive on Birmingham’s Huffman Road

An investigation is underway after a man died Sunday afternoon, about 14 hours after he was found shot in Birmingham.

East Precinct officers were dispatched at 12:30 a.m. to a report of a person shot in the 1000 block of Huffman Road.

They arrived to find the man unresponsive on the ground near several businesses, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

Birmingham medics took the victim to UAB Hospital. Police were notified at 3 p.m. that he had died, Fitzgerald said.

Details surrounding the investigation are limited, and no arrests have been made.

The man's identity has not been released pending notification of his family.

The victim is the city's 141st homicide this year. Of those, 10 have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren't deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 176 homicides including the 141 in Birmingham.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.