A west Birmingham neighborhood fire leaves one man seriously injured

An early morning shooting in a west Birmingham neighborhood sent a man to a hospital with serious injuries.

The shooting happened at 9:35 a.m. Friday at a residence in the 900 block of Buffalo Street. This in the Wylam community.

The victim was transported to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said police initially responded to a Shot Spotter call of shots fired in the area.

Police cordoned off a block along Buffalo Street and appeared to be focusing some of their investigative efforts behind a home there.

Fitzgerald said the victim was targeted. No further details were disclosed.

No one is in custody.