A man was found shot to death inside his northern Birmingham apartment after a concerned family member went to check on him.

North Precinct officers were dispatched just after 5 p.m. Thursday to a call of a person shot in the 2100 block of 29th Avenue North.

When they arrived, a family member of the victim told them he had not been heard from the entire day. The family member became concerned, broke the door down and found the victim dead inside.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said police quickly realized that officers had been dispatched to the apartment complex late Wednesday night on a report of shots fired.

“Multiple officers from North Precinct responded, got out of their patrol cars, walked this complex as well as the adjacent complex,” Fitzgerald said. “They spoke to community members to try to pinpoint where the shots came from. They walked the area where they believed the shots came from.”

Fitzgerald said numerous shots were fired.

“Detectives are trying to determine if the shooting happened inside the apartment or were there shots fired and a bullet traveled into the victim’s apartment and struck him,” he said. “That’s the unknown right now.”

There was gunfire damage to the victim’s apartment, but Fitzgerald said it’s too soon to know if the shots were fired from inside or outside.

Multiple community members have been cooperating with investigators.

“We’re just hoping we can receive more tips,‘’ he said.

The victim is the city’s 22nd homicide this year. Arrests have been made in 17 of those cases.

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