A 19-year-old was rushed to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries after being found wounded in the 2400 block of Fourth Avenue South in Birmingham on Sunday morning. The victim had reportedly been shot in the chest and arm, and the discovery touched off an active investigation that was still unfolding as the day went on.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service transported the teen to UAB Hospital, according to AL.com. The outlet reports the shooting happened in the morning hours, though it remains unclear whether the location where the victim was found was actually where the shooting took place.
Investigation Still Working To Piece Together What Happened
Birmingham police have an investigation underway into the shooting, but as of the latest reporting, no suspect or motive had been identified. The uncertainty over the actual shooting scene adds another layer of difficulty for investigators trying to reconstruct the morning's events in the 2400 block of Fourth Avenue South.
The teen's condition beyond the initial life-threatening diagnosis has not been detailed in reporting so far, and no further update on his status had been released at the time of publication.
Part Of A Violent Stretch For Birmingham
The Magic City Classic violence was a separate episode from the Fourth Avenue South shooting: city leaders described two shootings near Legion Field on Saturday night, after the Alabama A&M–Alabama State game. Those incidents left one person dead and eight injured, with victims ranging in age from 19 to 30; police had not said whether the two stadium-area shootings were connected. The victims’ ages and the official account of the two incidents help distinguish that weekend violence from the Southside investigation.
The shooting comes amid what has been a difficult few days for the city. A separate report noted that a weekend of violence left three people dead, including a teen killed after the Magic City Classic, pushing Birmingham's homicide count to 39 so far this year, per the same outlet's reporting. That figure and the weekend death toll were drawn from brief reporting snippets, so they should be treated as preliminary.
Birmingham police also reported a 91% homicide clearance rate for the first three quarters of 2026, a measure of homicide cases cleared by investigators—not a clearance rate for all shootings or a prediction about this case. The department’s figure offers broader context for the city’s investigations, while police have not publicly identified a suspect in the Fourth Avenue South shooting. The reported clearance rate was cited by city officials during their update on the Classic weekend shootings.
No further details about the Fourth Avenue South shooting, including the identity of the victim or any arrests, had been released as the investigation continued.
