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UPDATE: Aug. 31, 2023:Detectives with the Birmingham Police Department are asking for information from the public regarding this homicide investigation.The BPD said the dead man's children survived.If you have information that may help in this case, call the BPD Homicide Division at 205-254-1764.---------------------------UPDATE: Saturday. Birmingham Police have identified the victim who was killed in Friday night's shooting as 22-year-old Demarkus Etwan Moss, Sr. of Birmingham.He is the father of the two children who were injured. Police say the young girl may have been shot in the leg. There was no update given on the conditions of her or the baby. —Birmingham police are investigating a shooting and crash that left one man dead and his two small children injured late Friday afternoon. Get the latest update in the video above.Officers responded to a shooting call in the 900 block of Arkadelphia Road near Interstate 59/20 and Birmingham-Southern College at about 6 p.m. They arrived to find two wrecked vehicles and a male driver in one car suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Birmingham Fire and Rescue arrived at the scene and pronounced the man dead at the scene.A toddler girl and an infant in the shooting victim's car were injured in the wreck and taken to Children's of Alabama. Police said the toddler's injuries are life-threatening.Three others in the car hit by the victim's vehicle suffered injuries in the collision and went to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown at this time.Birmingham Police PIO Truman Fitzgerald said preliminary evidence suggests someone fired shots into the victim's car while traveling on Arkadelphia Road."One can only imagine that if you shoot into a car, you have no clue who was in that car. And in this case, we had an adult male in the car with who we believe to be his children," Fitzgerald said. "And someone chose to shoot into that vehicle, and unfortunately, he's deceased. Now, these babies are in the hospital, fighting for their life."So far, no arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.Get the WVTM 13 app for the latest updates on this developing story.
UPDATE: Aug. 31, 2023:
Detectives with the Birmingham Police Department are asking for information from the public regarding this homicide investigation.
The BPD said the dead man's children survived.
If you have information that may help in this case, call the BPD Homicide Division at 205-254-1764.
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UPDATE: Saturday. Birmingham Police have identified the victim who was killed in Friday night's shooting as 22-year-old Demarkus Etwan Moss, Sr. of Birmingham.
He is the father of the two children who were injured. Police say the young girl may have been shot in the leg.
There was no update given on the conditions of her or the baby.
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Birmingham police are investigating a shooting and crash that left one man dead and his two small children injured late Friday afternoon. Get the latest update in the video above.
Officers responded to a shooting call in the 900 block of Arkadelphia Road near Interstate 59/20 and Birmingham-Southern College at about 6 p.m. They arrived to find two wrecked vehicles and a male driver in one car suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Birmingham Fire and Rescue arrived at the scene and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
A toddler girl and an infant in the shooting victim's car were injured in the wreck and taken to Children's of Alabama. Police said the toddler's injuries are life-threatening.
Three others in the car hit by the victim's vehicle suffered injuries in the collision and went to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown at this time.
Birmingham Police PIO Truman Fitzgerald said preliminary evidence suggests someone fired shots into the victim's car while traveling on Arkadelphia Road.
"One can only imagine that if you shoot into a car, you have no clue who was in that car. And in this case, we had an adult male in the car with who we believe to be his children," Fitzgerald said. "And someone chose to shoot into that vehicle, and unfortunately, he's deceased. Now, these babies are in the hospital, fighting for their life."
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So far, no arrests have been made.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
Get the WVTM 13 app for the latest updates on this developing story.
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