Man Shot, Killed In Birmingham Apartment Complex

BIRMINGHAM, AL — A man was shot and killed Monday night in Birmingham, the Birmingham Police Department is reporting.

He has been identified as Deonta Pickett, 40, of Birmingham.

On Monday at 10:15 p.m., South Precinct officers were dispatched to an apartment complex on the 1300 block of 44th Street North, to multiple reports of gunfire from that location, according to a department news release.

Officers found Pickett unresponsive and slumped over the driver’s seat of a parked car, suffering from a gunshot wound.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue arrived on the scene and pronounced Pickett dead on the scene. An investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the B.P.D. Homicide Unit @ 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers @ 205-254-7777, or submit an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip through the BPD’s mobile app.