Wed. May 1st, 2024

An 18-year-old Alabama boy was found shot to death early Sunday when his vehicle crashed into a building in Birmingham.

North Precinct officers were dispatched just after 1 a.m. to 608 Second Ave. North, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald. Once on the scene, they found a driver had wrecked into the building there.

He was unresponsive from a gunshot wound and pronounced dead on the scene by Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service.

Birmingham police identified the victim as Rayshod Goldthwaite.

Fitzgerald said the preliminary investigation shows the victim was traveling in the 600 block of Third Avenue North when another vehicle pulled up alongside him and opened fire.

No arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.

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By Buffy Gunner

Independent Journalist + Business Owner | Lover of all things true crime. Mantra: Only YOU can be YOU. | Los Angeles Born | buffygunner@illicitdeeds.com

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