A 25-year-old father of two was shot to death in Birmingham early Wednesday after police say he encountered another man with whom he had a long-running feud.

Family members identified the victim Ta'Narius Moore. The shooting happened shortly after noon in the Collegeville public housing community, and police and witnesses say Moore was shot multiple times before collapsing face down near a sidewalk.

"I just lost my son to the streets,'' said his grieving mother, Sherie Moore. "I feel so empty and hurt. It's something that I'm used to seeing other families go through, but to actually witness this and this be my family, my son, I'm hurt. I really want justice to be served."

Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards said police received a 911 call at 12:12 p.m. on a report of someone shot. They responded en masse to the 3100 block of 31st Avenue North.

"Once they got here, there were people everywhere,'' Edwards said. "You could tell it was a close-knit community, a lot of family members out here, a lot of screaming going on. It was very chaotic at the time."

Ta'Narius Moore was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead on the scene. "What detectives have found out is that there's been some type of longtime feud between him and this other gentleman in this area and just so happens they ran into each other, words were exchanged and one of the individuals started shooting,'' Edwards said. "Unfortunately, a life was lost here."

One woman who was nearby said she heard arguing and then three to four shots fired. She said she saw the victim fall to the ground and called 911. Police and residents said the gunman fled on foot.

No arrests had been made as of mid-afternoon, but Edwards said they are fairly confident they have the identity of the shooter. "We're speaking with a lot of witnesses and they're being a little uncooperative at the moment,'' he said. "We believe someone saw exactly what happened today but, normally in a situation like this, when the crowd disperses we get people coming forward with information."

There were initial reports the police were fired on when they arrived at the crime scene, and the police scanner broadcasted a need for all possible assistance, but Edwards said no shots were fired after they got on the scene and no guns were found. "There was just a lot of people out there. They were upset,'' he said. "It was just very chaotic when we first arrived."

More than two dozen officers responded to the scene, and were brought in from other areas of the city.

Witnesses were taken to Birmingham police headquarters and are undergoing questioning. Ta'Narius Moore is Birmingham's 38th homicide victim this year, and the third since Monday. A 63-year-old man was shot to death Monday night in the Morton Simpson public housing community, and a 19-year-old man was found dead Tuesday morning in his eastern Birmingham apartment.

In all of Jefferson County, there have been 55 killings in 2017.

Dozens of the victim's friends and family members were on the scene, including his mother and grandparents. "I just got a phone call. I was at work and they told me my son had just got shot,'' Sherie Moore said. "When I got here, he was laying on the ground. I don't think he had passed as of yet, but a couple of moments later he was covered with the yellow sheet and that's when I was told 'I'm sorry for your loss.'"

Sherie Moore said her son had two sons of his own, ages 3 and 2. "He was a very loving and kind person. He got along well with others. He kind like always stayed to hisself,'' she said. "There's just so much good things I could say. Everybody has bad days and he had bad days, but his good days outweighed his bad days."

Sherie Moore said the suspected shooter has previously fired in the victim's grandmother's house. "And now my son lost his life,'' she said.

She said her son graduated from high school and was an aspiring rapper. "That was his dream. He had a passion for rapping,'' she said. "He always had his boys. He was crazy about his boys. They didn't just take him from me, they took my son from his sons. A part of me just left."