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STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE. NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT, BIRMINGHAM POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR ON 59TH STREET NORTH. THIS IS THE CITY’S 43RD MURDER INVESTIGATION THIS YEAR. �������� THIRTEEN’S JARVIS ROBERTSON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE LATEST HOMICIDE SINCE THE NEWS BROKE THIS AFTERNOON. HE’S LIVE IN LOCAL FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS. AFTER SPEAKING WITH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT, GUY AND SHERRY. NOW, IT WAS REALLY SHOCKING TO SEE THE BODY STILL SITTING IN THE WHEELCHAIR WHEN I ARRIVED ON SCENE. POLICE. THEY DID HAVE IT COVERED UP FOR THE PUBLIC NOT BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE ACTUAL BODY, BUT I SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL COLEMAN. THEY SAY THAT HE WAS A VERY HARMLESS GUY AND HE WOULDN’T HURT ANYONE. ANOTHER HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. THIS TIME CLAIMING THE LIFE OF 62 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL COLEMAN. HIS SISTER IN LAW, SHEILA COLEMAN, TOLD ME HE WAS REALLY LOVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOT ALONG WITH PEOPLE. SHE SAYS HE WOULDN’T HARM A FLY. DIFFERENT PEOPLE WOULD COME BY AND BRING HIM LUNCH AND BRING THEM BREAKFAST AND YOU KNOW, HE’LL JUST YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND HIM RIGHT HERE UNDER THE TREE. ONCE THE CORONER’S OFFICE TOOK MICHAEL’S BODY AWAY FROM THE SCENE, HIS WHEELCHAIR WAS LEFT UNDER THE TREE WHERE HIS LIFE CAME TO AN END. WHAT? A PERSON HAVING ALS. AND YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST STAGE OF IT, IT’S JUST SO SAD AND SENSELESS THAT SOMEBODY WOULD DRIVE BY AND DO A KILLING ON A PERSON THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING TO LIVE. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT 250 TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SHOTSPOTTER REGISTERED SIX ROUNDS FIRED. HOWEVER, I SAW AT LEAST 15 EVIDENCE MARKERS WITHIN THE CRIME SCENE. THE VICTIM, ALONG WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS, WERE ON THE SIDEWALK JUST AT THE ROADWAY WHEN THEY WERE APPROACHED BY AN UNKNOWN VEHICLE THAT BEGAN FIRING SHOTS AND LEFT THE SCENE. WE DON’T BELIEVE THAT HE WAS THE TARGET OF THIS SHOOTING. CRIME HAS BEEN A CONSTANT IN THIS CITY FOR MANY YEARS. ROBERT WALKER, WHO LIVES NEARBY IN EAST LAKE, SAYS NEIGHBORS NEED TO BE CLEANED UP TO HELP CUT DOWN ON THE PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CRIME GRIMES HAPPEN, WHETHER THEY MURDER, SHOOTINGS OR WHATEVER, THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME. ANOTHER FAMILY IS NOW LEFT WITH GRIEF AND PAIN IN BIRMINGHAM, SHEILA SAYS MICHAEL’S MOVEMENT WAS ALREADY LIMITED, BUT THIS TRAGEDY IS UNTHINKABLE. WE REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW, HE’S BEEN ROBBED FROM HIS LIFE, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ALS, BECAUSE HE COULD HAVE BEEN HERE ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER TEN DAYS, ANOTHER 20 DAYS. NOW, I DID ASK POLICE IF THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE SHOOTER. THEY COULD NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION AT THE TIME. NEITHER HAVE WE BEEN GIVEN ANY TYPE OF IDENTITY OR WHAT TYPE OF CAR THE PERSON WAS DRIVING. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS SHOOTING, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL BIRMINGHAM POLICE DIRECTLY OR REACH OUT TO CRIME STOPPERS REPORTING LIVE IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM TONIGHT.