The death of a man found Thursday morning on a Birmingham roadside has been ruled a homicide.

Birmingham police Thursday night identified the victim as Adam Blake Warren. He was 36, and lived in Trafford.

The discovery was made about 10 a.m. in the 8900 block of Eighth Court North. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport workers first spotted the man and then called Birmingham police to the scene. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced the man dead on the scene."

The area is behind the airport where few homes remain. Most of the homes in the area were bought out by the airport. They continue to patrol the area and Warren was found just inches off the street.

Initially police said the death was unclassified but the examination by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office deemed it a homicide. The cause of death has not been released.

Sgt. Johnny Williams said they have not yet identified a motive or any suspects.

Warren’s death marks the city’s 100th homicide in 2019. Of those, at least 12 have been ruled justifiable and therefore are not considered criminal. Police departments only have to include criminal homicides in the annual tally they send to the FBI.

Birmingham ended 2018 with 107 homicides, down from 111 in 2017. Of the 107 homicides in 2018, eight were ruled justifiable.

In all of Jefferson County so far this year, there have been 155 homicides, including those in Birmingham. Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.