Store worker identified after being shot and killed outside the business in Birmingham

UPDATE: Jan. 5: The Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Cortez Ware, 37, of Birmingham. No further information was provided.————————————-A Suspect was arrested after a man was found dead outside a food market in Birmingham.Sgt. Monica Law of the Birmingham Police Department said officers were called to Elyton Meat Market on Center Street and 3rd Avenue North just after 2pm and found a man lying on the ground outside the shop. Doctors arrived and pronounced the man dead. says the victim was a store employee. Shortly after, with the help of members of the community and the Real Time Crime Center, officers arrested a suspect a few blocks away, Law said. If you have any information about this crime, call the BPD Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764.

UPDATE: Jan. 5: The Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Cortez Ware, 37, of Birmingham.

No other information was provided.

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A suspect has been arrested after a man was found dead outside a food market in Birmingham.

sergeant. Monica Law of the Birmingham Police Department said officers were called to Elyton Meat Market on Center Street and 3rd Avenue North just after 2pm and found a man lying on the ground outside the shop.

Doctors arrived and pronounced the man dead.

Law says the victim was a store employee.

Shortly after, with the help of members of the community and the Real Time Crime Center, officers arrested a suspect a few blocks away, Law said.

If you have any information about this crime, call the BPD Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764.

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