A teenage boy was shot to death Tuesday night on the Birmingham’s east side.

Police officers were dispatched shortly before 8:30 p.m. a report of a person shot in the 4200 block of Jackson Street. They arrived to find the victim unresponsive inside of a vehicle.

He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said the preliminary investigation indicates the victim asked his parents if he could go to the neighborhood convenience store.

“While at the store, a verbal altercation ensued,’’ Wade said. “The victim did get back inside his vehicle and attempted to leave the location.”

He was shot while trying to leave. His vehicle came to a stop in someone’s front yard, about four blocks away from the store.

Wade said no arrests have been made.

The teen was the city’s second homicide in under three hours Tuesday. Shortly after 6 p.m., a UPS driver was killed in a targeted attack at the Customer Care facility on Inglenook lane.

The two killings, though not related, took place in Birmingham’s Inglenook area.

The teen is Birmingham’s 37th homicide so far this year. Of those, four have been ruled justifiable and therefore are not deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 51 homicides, including the 37 in Birmingham.

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