Man found shot to death in vehicle in east Birmingham field

A man was found shot to death inside a vehicle in a field in Birmingham’s Inglenook neighborhood.

East Precinct officers received a call about 8:40 p.m. Monday of shots fired in the 4500 block of 41st Way North.

Officers arrived to find a vehicle in the field. When they approached the vehicle, they found an adult male unresponsive inside.

The Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced the victim dead on the scene.

As of 10:15 p.m., he had not yet been identified, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

Fitzgerald said details are few, except someone heard multiple shots fired and called 911.

“Right now we’re trying to piece together what took place,’’ he said.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the victim was already in the field when he was shot, or if he was driving and ran off the road after the gunfire.

“We’re asking that if anyone captured anything on their surveillance footage to please hand that over to us,’’ he said. “That would be helpful.”

The deadly shooting is Birmingham’s fourth homicide this year. In all of Jefferson County, there have been eight homicides including the four in Birmingham.

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