A man was found shot to death inside his running vehicle just off Interstate 20/59 in Bessemer Wednesday morning.
A Bessemer police officer on patrol spotted the white Ford SUV in the middle of the road on the Alabama Adventure Parkway exit about 6 a.m., said Bessemer Det. Justin Burmeister.
The victim was pronounced dead on the scene.
Burmeister said investigators believe the shooting happened on the northbound interstate, somewhere between Interstate 459 and Alabama Adventure Parkway.
The victim is Bessemer’s fourth homicide this year. In all of Jefferson County, there have been 71 homicides including the four in Bessemer.
Police are asking that anyone who was traveling that stretch of the interstate between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. and may have seen something to call police at 205-481-4366, 425-2411 or the tip line at 205-428-3541.