Birmingham, Alabama: Ralen McCurdy, 35, Found Shot Dead Inside a Kingston Home

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Orbit Post) A 35-year-old man was found shot to death inside a home in Birmingham's Kingston community early on Wednesday, November 4, and police are investigating the killing as a homicide and asking for tips as they search for whoever shot him.

South Precinct officers were dispatched shortly after 1:40 a.m. to the 4300 block of 12th Court North after a ShotSpotter gunfire alert, the Birmingham Police Department said. Officers then learned that someone had been shot in the area, WIAT reported.

Inside a residence, officers found a man unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced him dead at the scene at 2:04 a.m., less than half an hour after the first dispatch. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the man as Ralen Jerean McCurdy, 35, and said he died of gunshot wound injuries.

Detectives look for what led to the shooting

Officer De'Rell Freeman said detectives were working to determine what led to the shooting, AL.com reported. Police have not released suspect information, and no one was in custody in connection with the shooting as of Wednesday morning.

A violent stretch in the city

AL.com reported that McCurdy's death was Birmingham's fourth killing since Saturday. The stretch included the Saturday night shooting near Legion Field after the Magic City Classic, where gunfire in the 400 block of Graymont Avenue West killed one person and wounded eight others, hours after Alabama A&M beat Alabama State 31-28 in the 85th edition of the game. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the man who died in that shooting as Dre'Shawn Te'Verious Thomas, 19, of Birmingham. Police Chief Michael Pickett announced on Monday evening that a 17-year-old had been charged with murder and with possession of a machine gun conversion device in the Legion Field case.

In a separate case, police arrested Simeon Wallace, 37, on Monday and charged him with murder in the Sunday shooting that killed Brian Keith Lowe Jr. in the 1900 block of 2nd Avenue South. Wallace was to be taken to the Jefferson County Jail and held with no bond, WIAT reported.

Police ask for tips

Anyone with information about the Kingston shooting is asked to call Birmingham police homicide investigators at 205-254-1764 or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777. The investigation is continuing, and police had announced no further updates in the case as of Thursday morning.