A suspect was arrested on murder charges in the apparent shooting death of a man in Monroeville, authorities said Thursday.

Monroeville police officers responded to South Alabama Avenue near Tiger Drive on Tuesday on a report of an unresponsive man in the roadway, the department told WKRG.

The victim, identified as an adult male, suffered from an apparent gunshot wound, police said. He was taken to Monroe County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Witnesses gave police a description of a vehicle involved in the incident, which was stopped later that night.

A man and a woman inside the vehicle

The Monroeville Police Department arrested a man Tuesday for an unrelated offense but later charged him with murder.

Officers responded to South Alabama Avenue, near the intersection of Tiger Drive, where there was a reported unresponsive man lying in the roadway.

They found a man who had what looked like a gunshot wound. He was transported to Monroe County Hospital and was later pronounced dead.

Witnesses who saw the man before he was transported to the hospital provided officers with a vehicle description, according to the MPD news release.

Officers stopped a vehicle matching the description around 10 p.m. and arrested a man and a woman for unrelated offenses.

The man, identified as Sammie Earl Lyons Jr., was later charged with murder, police said.

The incident remained under investigation Thursday.

Further information was unavailable.