Curtis Jerome Pruitt Obituary, Death; – Authorities have released the name of a man who was shot to death Sunday afternoon while he was sitting inside an SUV in north Birmingham.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Curtis Jerome Pruitt. He was 65 and lived in Birmingham. Just after 2:30 p.m., North Precinct officers received a call of a person shot in the 900 block of Center Street North.
Police arrived to find a gray SUV in the 10 block of 9th Avenue West, which is walking distance from the original location, said Officer Truman Fitzgerald. The location was near the entrance of a small apartment building.
Pruitt was unresponsive in the driver’s seat. Birmingham firefighters attempted live-saving measures on the scene and then rushed him to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Fitzgerald said it appears a man on foot approached the SUV and opened fire. He then fled.
Detectives working with the Real Time Crime Center search for clues in the area. ““This happened in broad daylight on a Sunday and we’re urging the public if you saw anything to please contact Crime Stoppers,” Fitzgerald said.
Pruitt is Birmingham’s 43rd homicide this year. In all of Jefferson County, there have been 67 homicides including the 43 in Birmingham. Anyone with information is asked to call 205-254-1764 or contact Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
