33-year-old charged with murder in fatal Ensley shooting
A suspect has been charged in the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old in Ensley.
Gary Steele, 33, is charged with murder in the Thursday killing of Anthony Lambert Jr.
Steele surrendered to police shortly after the shooting. The warrant against him was obtained on Friday, and he was booked into the Jefferson County Jail where he remains held without bond.
Multiple shots rang out about 4:20 p.m. Thursday in the 5700 block of Court I in Ensley.
Shot Spotter alerted authorities to shots fired and then police received a call reporting a person was unresponsive near the road, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.
Lambert was found unresponsive in the front yard of a home in the 900 block of 58th Street. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene at 4:43 p.m.
Fitzgerald said some sort of argument took place prior to the shooting. The nature of the argument was not immediately known.
Fitzgerald said as many as 10 shots were fired.
“The shots were fired in a residential neighborhood and we’re thankful no one else got struck by gunfire,’’ he said.
While police were still on the scene, a relative of Steele showed up and said Steele wanted to turn himself in, which he did a short time later.