BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WBRC ) - The Birmingham Police Department is investigating a homicide that occurred on Friday, Aug. 29.

Police say just after 10 p.m., West Precinct officers were dispatched to a call of a person shot in the 900 Block of 6th Lane.

According to police, when they arrived they observed the victim lying in a grassy area next to a residence in the Central Pratt community. The victim had been shot.

Birmingham Police say their officers performed life-saving measures on the victim until Birmingham Fire and Rescue personnel arrived and transported the victim to UAB Hospital.

UAB Hospital staff pronounced the victim dead later that same night, according to police.

The victim has been identified as 41-year-old Robert Mitchell of Birmingham.

Police say that the preliminary i

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