An argument between two men in a Mulga neighborhood left one of them dead and the other injured.

Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched just before 5 p.m. Sunday to a report of a person down in the 600 block of Third Avenue. Minor Fire Department and Regional Paramedical Services also responded.

They arrived to find a 40-year-old man injured. He was taken to UAB Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Sheriff’s spokesman Henry Irby said deputies began to search for the suspect. That search ended nearby when they found the 31-year-old man on the ground, also wounded.

The suspect, Irby said, was pronounced dead on the scene.

Irby said the preliminary investigation showed the suspect went to the victim’s home. The two became involved in a verbal altercation that led to shots being fired.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 205-325-1450 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.