Saturday west Birmingham gunfire victim identified

Saturday west Birmingham gunfire victim identified

Birmingham police have identified an Adamsville man as the victim in a fatal shooting Saturday afternoon in west Birmingham.

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said Lakevin Ralpheal Debruce, 22, died following a shooting that occurred at 4:01 p.m. in the 2600 block of Avenue C in Birmingham.

Debruce died at UAB Hospital.

Someone in the area heard gunfire and then saw the victim fall out of a vehicle into the roadway. That witness called 911.

Debruce was one of three men killed in Birmingham in a 13-hour period.

He is Birmingham’s 121st confirmed homicide this year. Of those, one was an officer-involved shooting by an outside law enforcement agency, and eight others have been ruled justifiable.

In all of Jefferson County there have been 167 homicides, including the 121 in Birmingham.

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