A man was found shot to death in front of a vacant house in southwest Birmingham.

West Precinct officers were dispatched at 11:10 p.m. Saturday to the 1700 block of Maple Avenue S.W.  after someone called 911 about a tow truck that was backed onto the property of a vacant house.

Officers arrived to the find the tow truck was still running. As they walked around the truck, they found the man dead on the ground.

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said one of the residents in the neighborhood did hear gunshots but did not go outside to investigate.

The victim appears to be the tow truck driver, Wade said, but authorities are still working to identify him.

No one is in custody.

The man is Birmingham’s third homicide in less than 72 hours.

On Thursday, a 40-year-old woman was shot and abducted by her boyfriend, and her body discovered on Friday.

Early Saturday morning, a 26-year-old man was killed on the city’s east side.

The Saturday-night slaying marks Birmingham’s 40 homicide this year. Of those, four have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

As of April 14, 2023, there had been 31 homicides in the city.

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