Authorities have released the names of two men shot to death Monday in separate incidents in Birmingham.

Devarta Dedre Thomas, 30, was killed in Monday’s predawn hours in the 300 block of 74th Street North, and James Lee Washington, 29, was killed later in the day in the 300 block of First Avenue North, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.

East Precinct officers were dispatched at 12:30 a.m. Monday to a report of a person down, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

When police arrived at 74th Street North, they found Thomas unresponsive. He had been shot and was pronounced dead on the scene at 12:40 a.m. by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service.

Few details were released, and no arrests have been announced.

In Washington’s slaying, the city’s North Precinct officers were dispatched at 11:30 a.m. to the small apartment building in the 300 block of First Avenue North.

That location is just several apartment units in the middle of multiple businesses.

When officers arrived, they found Washington suffering from gunshot wounds inside the unit where he lived, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

CPR was performed on the victim, and he was taken to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:13 p.m.

Fitzgerald said the preliminary investigation shows Washington and his male roommate got into a physical altercation which led to the gunfire. The city’s gunfire detection system – Shot Spotter – detected multiple rounds fired.

The suspect fled the scene before police arrived.

Also Monday, a 42-year-old man – Kenneth Earl Harris Jr. – was shot on Buffalo Street in Wylam. He was pronounced dead early Tuesday at UAB Hospital.

Monday’s fatal shootings brought the city’s homicide total so far this year to 20. Of those, one has been ruled justifiable and therefore is not deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 24 homicides including the 20 in Birmingham.

Anyone with information in any of the homicides is asked to call Birmingham detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.