Hoover Man Killed In Birmingham Shooting

BIRMINGHAM, AL - A 33-year-old Hoover man has been identified as the victim in a fatal shooting in Birmingham Thursday, one of a spate of shootings that occurred in the city this week. The victim is Paul Gabriel Harris Jr.

More than 10 shootings occurred this week in Birmingham, with three of them ending in a fatality. Harris was shot in Birmingham’s Southtown public housing community midday Thursday.

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South Precinct officers responded 23rd Street and Ninth Avenue South at 11:33 a.m. Thursday. They found Harris lying on his back in the middle of the street. He was holding a stick in each hand, according to an Alabama Media Group report.

Harris was pronounced dead at 11:45 a.m. Birmingham police spokesman Sgt. Johnny Williams said no one was outside in the neighborhood when first responders arrived.