Man and woman who shared a child killed in domestic triple shooting in east Birmingham

Man and woman who shared a child killed in domestic triple shooting in east Birmingham

A domestic dispute between the parents of a child left both of them dead, and a third person injured.

Birmingham East Precinct officers were dispatched just after 6 p.m. Saturday to a report of a person shot in the 6800 block of 66th Street South. They arrived on the scene to find a man unresponsive from a gunshot wound, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

He was rushed to UAB Hospital.

Police issued a lookout bulletin for a vehicle containing the possible shooter.

Moments later, officers were notified of a gunshot victim at Woodlawn High School. When they arrived at the school, they found the vehicle that had been linked to the first shooting.

When officers approached the vehicle, they found a woman inside, also unresponsive from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead on the scene.

A second woman – the driver – had also been shot. She was taken to the hospital and is expected to be OK.

While officers were at both scenes, they learned the male had died at UAB.

Fitzgerald said the man and woman who died shared a child. A domestic dispute between them took place at the 66th Street location.

“We do believe the male shot the female (who died),’’ he said. “We’re still trying to determine how he was shot.”

The women then left the 66th Street location and drove to Woodlawn High School where help was summoned.

“Again,’’ Fitzgerald said, “we’ve seen a domestic dispute lead to two people being killed.”

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