An investigation is underway after a man was fatally stabbed early Wednesday in Birmingham.

Police officers were at the Food Mart at 2258 Bessemer Road about 1:30 a.m. on a separate call when they saw a man asking for help, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service was called to the scene and determined the victim had been stabbed.

He was taken to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Fitzgerald said details were limited and it wasn’t immediately clear where the fatal assault took place.

The man is the city’s 39th homicide in 2023. Of those, one was an officer-involved shooting by an outside agency and three others have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 53 homicides including the 39 in Birmingham.

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