A man was found shot to death on Sunday morning in a home across the street from Legion Field.

Birmingham 911 received a call just before 7 a.m. reporting a person down inside a triplex unit in the 200 block of Eighth Court West. It wasn’t immediately clear who made the discovery.

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said when North Precinct officers and Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the home, the door was open. They found the victim inside, dead from a gunshot wound.

Wade said detectives are trying to determine when the man was killed. It was not yet known if the victim lived at the home.

The investigation is in the early stages and more information will be released as it becomes available.

The man, whose identity has not yet been released, is the city’s 27th homicide victim this year.

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