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A 29-year-old man was killed when police say he was shot while trying to break into a west Birmingham home.
The burglary call went out at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday at a house on Avenue O.
The homeowner told police the intruder was trying to crawl through the window of her house. She grabbed her gun and fired a couple of shots, striking the burglary suspect once in the chest.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the homeowner knew the man.
Authorities said the wounded man then ran a block to the Chevron on Bessemer Road where he collapsed at the front door of the store. A store worker called Birmingham 911 at 12:46 p.m.
West Precinct officers arrived at the store and provided aid to the man until paramedics arrived. He was then transported to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 2:11 a.m.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said the man’s name is being withheld pending notification of his family.
The investigation is ongoing.
The man is Birmingham’s 126th homicide this year. Of those, seven have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren’t deemed criminal.
In all of Jefferson County, there have been 170 homicides, including the 126 in Birmingham.