Crime & Safety

1 Dead In Friday Morning Shooting In West Birmingham

A 28-year-old man is dead after a shooting in west Birmingham early Friday morning.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A 28-year-old man died in a shooting in west Birmingham early Friday morning. Dewayne Lenard Barnes of Birmingham was shot and killed just after 3 a.m. in the 4100 of Avenue M.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald of the Birmingham Police Department said Barnes was found dead in the road with a gunshot wound, but police have not determined the events leading to the shooting.

Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the Birmingham PD Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764.

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