One of two men shot New Year’s Day in Birmingham, about the same time someone fired at a police officer, has died.

Police on Friday night identified the victim as Nathaniel Young. He was 23 and lived in Gardendale.

Earlier Wednesday, a Birmingham police officer and the officer’s K-9 partner, were on patrol as part of a New Year’s Eve crackdown on celebratory gunfire, exhibition driving and other crimes.

They were patrolling near Center Street and Graymont Avenue about 2:20 a.m. when the officer heard shots fired and believed they came from a nearby vehicle.

“Our officer didn’t think the suspect’s first shots were fired at the police,’’ said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

The officer got behind the suspect’s vehicle near the 100 Block of Graymont West.

“The suspect fired multiple shots at our officer,’’ Fitzgerald said. “Our officer fired shots at the suspect.”

The suspect fled the area and eluded capture.

No one was injured, but the shots did damage the police cruiser.

Birmingham 911 dispatchers issued a Max Emergency call over the police radio.

Responding officers were flagged down in the 500 Block of Center Street on a report of two people shot. Officers then saw two men who were inside a vehicle suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue rushed both victims to UAB Hospital, where Young died on Friday.

Fitzgerald said investigators have not ruled out that the suspect who fired shots at the officer was the suspect in the double shooting.

Young is Birmingham’s second homicide of 2025. In all of Jefferson County, there have been four homicides in the first two days of the new year.

The other happened later Wednesday night when a 51-year-old Domino’s pizza delivery man was killed during an apparent robbery.

No arrests have been made.

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