A man was gunned down in Birmingham’s Norwood community Wednesday night.

Authorities have not yet positively identified the victim, but multiple family members on the scene feared the victim is the brother of another man fatally shot just one year ago.

North Precinct officers responded about 10:10 p.m. to calls of shots fired in and around the 3200 block of 13th Avenue North.

Once in the neighborhood, police found multiple shell casings in the area. They continued to investigate, and a short time later found a man unresponsive in the yard of a home.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said details are limited.

“What our patrol officers and detectives know at this time is that neighbors called in reporting the shots fired,’’ he said. “They canvassed the area and that’s when they found the victim.”

“We do have family on scene and the family is extremely emotional,’’ Fitzgerald said. “We understand, and we’re hoping to learn more about the victim so we can pinpoint possibly what led to him being shot.”

Investigators place 20 to 30 evidence markers on the ground. It wasn’t immediately clear how many guns were fired.

“We do believe the victim was the target,’’ he said.

The man is Birmingham’s 58th homicide of 2024. Of those, five have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 81 homicides including the 58 in Birmingham.

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