A deadly shooting inside a northeast Birmingham apartment has been ruled justifiable.

Birmingham police on Thursday said no criminal charges will be filed in the March 10 slaying of 30-year-old Derrick Devell Keith II.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said detectives presented the case to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, which declined to issue warrants against the shooter.

The shooting happened just before 9 a.m. that Sunday in the 2300 block of Seventh Way N.W. at Madison Park apartments.

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said Keith and the suspect were involved in a verbal dispute inside one of the units. Shots were then fired, hitting the victim.

Keith ran outside of the apartment and collapsed on a sidewalk.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service rushed him to UAB where he was pronounced dead at 9:38 a.m.

There have been 47 homicides so far this year in Birmingham. Of those, Keith’s is the fifth to be ruled justifiable.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 69 homicides, including the 47 in Birmingham.