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Birmingham police are investigating a homicide after a man identified as Maurice Turner was found shot inside his apartment early Wednesday morning.
North Precinct officers just after 1:30 a.m. responded to a Shot Spotter notification in the 800 block of Jasper Road.
According to AL.com, the gunfire detection system registered 10 rounds fired there, which is off Eighth Avenue West in the area of College Hills.
Sgt. LaQuitta Wade said when police arrived at that location they did not see anything amiss or anyone in need of help.
Then, at 1:51 a.m., police received a call of a person shot.
“When officers arrived to that location, which was inside of a residence, they observed an adult may lying unresponsive on floor, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound,’’ Wade said.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service arrived on the scene and pronounced the victim dead.
His friends and family quickly arrived, desperately trying to figure out what happened to the man they said didn’t bother anybody.
The preliminary investigation indicates the victim was in the kitchen when the shooter or shooters opened fire through the back door of the first-floor apartment.
The victim’s roommate was inside his own room when he heard shots fired.
“The roommate stated that he was inside of his room and did not see anything,’’ Wade said, “yet he heard something that sounded like fireworks and began to look around his apartment and noticed the victim lying unresponsive on the floor.”
One person was detained for questioning. That person, Wade said, is not the roommate.
