A man critically hurt in a southwest Birmingham shooting has died.

Police identified the victim as DeCarlos Perez Smith Jr. He was 22 and lived in Birmingham.

Smith is the city’s 145th homicide this year, pushing the city’s 2024 homicide total to the highest in recent memory.

Smith was shot on Thursday, the same day that three other people were killed in two other incidents.

Until 2022, when there were 144 homicides, the highest number recorded in recent memory was 141 in 1991. The city ended 2023 with 135 homicides.

Birmingham’s all-time record for homicides was in 1933 with 148 killings.

The city’s population today is a little under 197,000 people. In 1933, Birmingham had just under 269,000 people.

Of the city’s homicides this year, 11 have been ruled justifiable and are not deemed criminal. One of the deadly shootings was an officer-involved shooting, and two others happened in previous years but the victims died in 2024.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 181 homicides including the 145 in Birmingham.

Smith’s shooting happened at 6:45 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of 25th S.W.

West Precinct officers responded to the neighborhood after the city’s gunfire detection system – Shot Spotter – alerted them to round fired in that area.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service rushed Smith to UAB Hospital where he died at 7:22 p.m. Friday, police announced Sunday.

Thursday’s bloodshed began at 3:51 p.m. at Park at Wood Station apartments. That location is in the 6000 block of Wood Station Drive, which is off First Avenue South in Woodlawn.

Justin Lee Henry Grant, 33, was found inside an SUV that had been peppered with gunfire. He was pronounced dead inside the vehicle on the scene at 4:11 p.m.

Police said the victim was ambushed, possibly by multiple shooters. At least 15 to 20 rounds were fired, if not more.

No arrests have been announced in the brazen, targeted attack.

At 6:30 p.m., East Precinct officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 4400 block of 41st Place North, which is the Inglenook community.

Officers went to the back area of an abandoned house where they found a man shot and lying unresponsive in the driveway. He was pronounced dead at 7p.m.

Police found a second victim inside the house following a search of the area. He was pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m.

Their identities have not yet been released.

Two men were quickly detained. Police on Friday said they were being held in the Birmingham City Jail on a 48-hour investigative hold.

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