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Birmingham Records Third Fatal Shooting Since Thursday as DA Rules Gas-Station Killing Justified

Police seek tips, with two cases open after prosecutors declined charges in a third.

Overview

  • A man was found shot to death in the driver’s seat of a vehicle just after 12:05 a.m. Sunday at 12th Place and Mayfield Avenue, with investigators saying gunfire came from an unknown suspect as the victim tried to drive away.
  • No arrests have been announced in the Mayfield Avenue case, and the victim’s identity has not yet been released by authorities.
  • At Pull-A-Part on 27th Avenue North, 73-year-old Alfred Stephens of Bessemer was shot during a Friday morning argument and died Saturday at UAB Hospital, with a man and a woman seen fleeing the scene, police say.
  • In Thursday’s separate case at the Jefferson Avenue Food Mart, 26-year-old Romeo D’Anthony Underwood was fatally shot; detectives presented the case to prosecutors, who ruled the shooter’s actions justified after video and other evidence were reviewed.
  • Birmingham now counts 67 homicides this year, including three since Thursday, with 99 reported countywide; police ask anyone with information to call 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.