A shooting on Interstate 59 southbound in Birmingham left one person dead.

Birmingham police were dispatched just after 10 p.m. Saturday I-59 near the First Avenue North exit ramp.

Officers arrived to find a vehicle down an embankment off the interstate. Initial reports indicated one person died and a second person was injured.

The slain man was pronounced dead on the scene. The second victim sustained non-life-threatening injures.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said one vehicle opened fire on another.

Investigators believe the shooting was targeted.

The victims’ vehicle came to a stop between the interstate and the 8500 block of First Avenue South.

Investigators shut down the southbound lanes to look for shell casings. Shortly before 11:30 p.m., they reopened one lane of southbound traffic.

Police have also set up a large scene along First Avenue South.

The victim is Birmingham’s 75th homicide this year. Of those, seven have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 98 homicides including the 75 in Birmingham.Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.