The parents of a man shot by Birmingham police say they don’t believe he fired on officers and are distraught by cell phone video showing him being wounded while running from police.

Jaylin Patton, 28, was shot Wednesday afternoon when police say he fled on foot during an attempted traffic stop and fired on officers.

His mother, Nicole Hillary, and father, Anthony Patton, said they haven’t been allowed to see or talk to their son but said they want the narrative changed about what led to him being shot.

“Everyone who knows Jaylin knows he’s a good-hearted person,’’ Hillary said. “Jaylin is very afraid of the police. He will run from the police, but as far as him shooting at the police, he would never.”

A passerby on the interstate recorded part of the interaction.

That video, which was sent to Hillary, showed Patton running from police and scaling the chain-link fence that separates the interstate from a nearby neighborhood.

Patton was running toward the neighborhood when an officer fired multiple shots at him through the fence, the video shows.

“It was awful,’’ Hillary said. “It instantly made my heart fall.”

The incident began just before 4 p.m. Wednesday when an officer was conducting a traffic stop on I-20/59 northbound between Tallapoosa Street and Airport Boulevard.

Patton’s vehicle veered off the interstate and came to a stop at the fence that separates the interstate from a nearby neighborhood, police said.

Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said the suspect bailed from his vehicle and took off running. A foot chase ensued.

“At some point, the suspect fired a shot at our officer and the officer returned fire,’’ Thurmond said.

A call was broadcast over the police radio that an officer needed all possible assistance.

Dozens of officers flocked to the scene, both uniformed police and detectives. Alabama State Troopers and ATF agents also responded.

Patton was taken by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service to UAB Hospital.

Thurmond said the entire ordeal was captured on body-worn cameras. AL.com has submitted a request for that footage.

The chief also said the wounded suspect’s injuries are not life-threatening.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation is leading the probe, which is standard policy for officer-involved shootings.

Birmingham police declined comment on the parents’ claims citing the ongoing investigation.

Hillary said she a friend called her after spotting her car on the side of the interstate and Hillary rushed to the scene.

“The police haven’t told me anything. No more than he’s been detained, and they haven’t told me for what,’’ she said. “I haven’t seen him.”

Hillary said hospital officials told her his name isn’t in the system, which isn’t unusual. Gunshot victims are often hospitalized under different names for security reasons.

Hillary, a medical assistant, said it’s breaking her heart to not be able to see him.

“I’m emotional because I can’t reach out and touch him,’’ she said.

Hillary said she is confident her son didn’t fire any shots. He does have prior arrests, court records show, but none for violent crimes.

“He doesn’t want to go to prison for the rest of his life,’’ Hillary said. “He never fired at a police officer. He knows better than that.”

“If he would have shot at those officers, he would have been laying dead right by that car and my car would have been shot up,’’ she said. “They would have had the shell casings cones out there. None of that was out there.”

“It takes a lot to get any kind of anger out of Jaylin,’’ Hillary said. “He’s not a menace to society at all.”

Both parents said they were shocked by what they saw in the videos sent to them.

“It looks liked they were hunting. It was sad to see something like that,’’ Anthony Patton said. “They got mad because he got away and just started shooting.”

“We’re going to find out from him exactly what happened,’’ he said. “I want every officer who fired a gun to be held accountable.’’