A man was shot to death Monday evening in the city’s second homicide investigation in roughly two hours.

The deadly shots rang out about 5:40 p.m. in the 100 block of Ninth Court West. That area is near the College Hills community.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said North Precinct officers were dispatched to the neighborhood on a report of a person shot.

They arrived to find the victim in the driveway of a family member’s home.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service rushed the gunshot victim to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Fitzgerald said the slaying is domestic-related.

The suspect, he said, is the victim’s girlfriend or ex-girlfriend. She fled the scene before officers arrived.

The police department’s Real Time Crime Center is assisting in tracking the suspect.

“The most powerful resource we have at this scene is community help and involvement,’’ Fitzgerald said. “The community has been vital to this investigation, feeding information to our detectives.”

“This is a case where we know exactly who shot the victim, we know exactly who we’re looking for, and we urge this person to please turn yourself in,’’ he said. “It’s only a matter of time before our investigators and patrol officers will find you.”

Earlier Monday, a 32-year-old man who disappeared over the weekend was found slain in a wooded area on the city’s west side. Family members searching for him made the discovery.

Fitzgerald acknowledged a violent start to the week.

“The sad thing is, it’s the typical fact pattern that we see – victim knows suspect, interpersonal conflict,’’ he said. “The homicide earlier, on Carlos Avenue, is leading up to be a situation where we believe the victim may have known the suspect or suspects.”

“Fast forward just hours later to the northern side of Birmingham and we have a domestic violence situation,’’ Fitzgerald said. “Both situations involved victims who knew the suspect and that’s a common theme for homicides in Birmingham.”

The victim is Birmingham’s eighth homicide so far in 2025. In all of Jefferson County there have been 13 homicides including the eight in Birmingham.

Birmingham had six homicides in all of January last year, with the last one taking place on Jan. 25, 2024.

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