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A 28-year-old man fired a shot into the air and then turned the gun on himself in a parking lot along U.S. 280 Saturday night, Sept. 10, 2016.

A 28-year-old man committed suicide in a parking lot along busy U.S. 280 Saturday night moments after lawmen looking for him arrived on the scene.

The incident happened at 10:08 p.m. in the parking lot of Absco Fireplace and Patio and the Courtyard 280 bar. The victim, a Vietnamese male, fired one shot in the air before turning the gun on himself, said Birmingham police Lt. Frank Majors.

Shelby County sheriff's deputies responded to a home in The Narrows about 8:15 p.m. on a report of a suicide attempt. The victim had reportedly make several calls to relatives to tell them goodbye. Sheriff's authorities then issued a lookout bulletin for him.

Later, the victim then pulled into the parking lot off of U.S. 280, followed by his sister who had been on the cell phone with him. Shelby County deputies and Birmingham police were close behind.

Majors said no one else was injured by the first shot fired into the air, and no bullets were fired lawmen. Dozens of the victim's family members responded to the scene, visibly upset.

The Saturday night incident was the second in recent weeks where someone has committed suicide in front of law enforcement officers. On Aug. 26, an armed domestic violence suspect committed suicide in front of Birmingham police officers responding to the call.

Birmingham police South Precinct officers were dispatched just before 3 p.m. to an apartment in the Southtown public housing community on Ninth Court South. Authorities said the man was at the rear of his girlfriend's apartment beating on the door and trying to get inside. She locked the door and called 911. As officers went around to the rear of the apartment, the suspect pulled a gun and shot himself in the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene.