An investigation is underway after a man was shot to death Wednesday afternoon inside a residence in Birmingham’s Woodlawn community.

The city’s East Precinct officers responded about 2 p.m. to a triplex in the 900 block of 52nd Way North on a report of multiple shots fired.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found a man inside one of the units dead from a gunshot wound, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald.

Police said there were limited details available about the deadly shooting. “We know there were occupants inside of the triplex,’’ Fitzgerald said. “Shots were fired. The victim was struck by gunfire and we do not have anyone in custody.”

He said the neighborhood is heavily populated and they are hoping to get additional information from residents.

“Everybody knows everybody,’’ he said. “So we’re going to tap into that resource.”

The victim is Birmingham’s 54th homicide victim this year. Of those, one was an officer-involved shooting by an outside law enforcement agency and at least two others have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 76 homicides in 2023, including the 54 in Birmingham.

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