Police are searching for a suspect after a man was shot dead at a Tuscaloosa apartment complex early Friday.

Terry J. Dawson II, 26, was shot in an apartment at Boardwalk at Brittain Landing apartments, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Capt. Gary Hood.

Tuscaloosa Police officers were called to the complex on Old Montgomery Highway before 5 a.m. Friday.

The victim was dead inside the apartment, TPD Chief Steve Anderson said.

Two witnesses who were in the apartment at the time were being questioned. They aren't considered suspects, he said.

"It's frustrating to know that we have individuals in our community that have no regard for human life," Anderson said. "They think just because they have a gun and an issue with someone that they best way to solve that issue is with violence."

Anderson made similar remarks when a man was shot during an alleged robbery attempt at Creekwood Village Apartments last week.

"It gets very frustrating that this is what we've come to in the city of Tuscaloosa, but it's not just a problem here," he said. "It's a problem everywhere now."

Anderson believes that there was some type of existing relationship between the shooter and victim.

"We don't believe this was a random act of violence," he said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact TPD at 205-349-2121 or CrimeStoppers at 205-752-STOP (7867).