The names of two men killed just hours apart in Birmingham Friday night have now been released.

Police on Saturday identified the victims as Rahkeem Darnell Vanderbilt, 32, and Diangelo Freeman, 56. Both lived in Birmingham.

Vanderbilt and two other men were shot just before 7 p.m. when someone opened fire on them as they were hanging out together on Fourth Avenue S.W., just off Goldwire Street.

South Precinct officers were dispatched to the area on a report of a person shot. They found blood and multiple shell casings at the scene, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

The three victims had already been taken by private vehicle to UAB Hospital, where Vanderbilt was pronounced dead.

A second victim sustained life-threatening injuries and the third victim’s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Their names have not been released.

Fitzgerald said it wasn’t immediately clear whether the shooter was on foot or a vehicle.

Shot Spotter registered several incidents of gunfire at the location, including one burst of 29 rounds fired.

About three hours later, East Precinct officers were dispatched to a report of a person shot in the 7400 block Fourth Avenue South.

Fitzgerald said officers arrived to find Freeman unresponsive in a vehicle. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene.

Fitzgerald said details are limited in the investigation. He did not say if the victim was in the driver’s seat or passenger’s seat.

No arrests have been announced in either slaying.

The Friday night killings – the city’s first slayings in nearly two weeks – brings Birmingham’s homicide tally for 2023 to 81. Of those, one was an officer-involved shooting by an outside law enforcement agency, and seven others have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 113 homicides, including the 81 in Birmingham.

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