34-year-old ID’d as man found shot to death in Midfield neighborhood
Authorities have released the name of a man found shot to death Sunday in a Midfield neighborhood.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Glenn Antonio King. He was 34 and lived in Fairfield.
King was found wounded at 12:11 p.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Fifth Avenue.
Midfield police Chief Jesse Bell said the discovery was made when a resident heard their dog barking and went to investigate.
That’s when King was found in the resident’s yard.
Bell said the victim had been shot multiple times. Other neighbors had reported hearing several gunshots, he said.
King was taken to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:28 p.m.
No arrests have been announced.
King is Midfield’s fourth homicide this year. In all of Jefferson County, there have been 157 homicides including the four in Midfield.
Anyone with information is asked to call Midfield police at 205-923-6637 or Crime Stoppers at 205-264-7777.