22-year-old killed in shooting on Birmingham’s west side

22-year-old killed in shooting on Birmingham’s west side

A young man died early Tuesday morning following a shooting in Birmingham.

Police identified the victim as Keyon Pollock. He was 22.

Birmingham 911 received a call at 10:10 p.m. Monday of a person shot in the 10 block of Elba Avenue of Pratt Highway, said Sgt. Monica Law. Pollock had gone to a residence there and asked to them call for help.

When officers arrived, they found Pollock suffering from a gunshot wound.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service transported Pollock to UAB Hospital. Law said he died several hours later.

No additional details have been released, and no arrests have been made.

Pollock is Birmingham’s 122nd homicide this year. Of those, seven have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County there have ben 163 homicides, including the 122 in Birmingham.

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