38-year-old ID'd as man fatally shot on I-59; witnesses sought by police in Birmingham's 50th homicide

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1. Birmingham Real-Time News

• Updated: May. 15, 2022, 12:11 p.m.|
• Published: May. 15, 2022, 12:09 p.m.

A 38-year-old man was shot to death May 14, 2022, on I-59 in Birmingham. (Carol Robinson)

Authorities have released the name of a man found shot to death on Interstate 59 in Birmingham and are asking for information from anyone who might have been traveling in the area at that time.

Birmingham police identified the victim as Justin Andrew Snow. He was 38 and lived in Warrior.

West Precinct officers were dispatched just past 8 p.m. Saturday to I-59 southbound near the Arkadelphia Road exit. A passerby called 911 to report the vehicle in the median.

Police arrived to find a white SUV that had crashed into the concrete median.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the victim - now identified as Snow - was found in the driver's seat suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene.

Investigators quickly located a bullet entry hole on the passenger's side of the SUV.

"We do believe this driver was shot while driving the vehicle,'' Fitzgerald said.

West Precinct officer were dispatched just past 8 p.m. Saturday to I-59 just past the Arkadelphia Road exit on a report of a person shot. The arrived to find a white SUV that had collided into the concrete median. (Carol Robinson)

Authorities on Sunday said Snow was traveling in a 2008 white Ford Edge. Detectives believe he was traveling from the downtown Birmingham area going southbound before the shooting.

Detectives are asking if anyone has any dashcam footage of their travel on I-59 South coming from the "downtown area" between 7:15 p.m. until 7:45 p.m. to please notify police as soon as possible.

Snow is Birmingham's 50th homicide this year. Of those, five have been ruled justifiable and therefore aren't deemed criminal.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 66 homicides including the 50 in Birmingham. A man was found fatally shot inside a vehicle earlier Saturday in Brighton.

Anyone with information - regardless of how little they may think it is - is asked to call investigators at 205- 254-1764 or call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

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