Authorities have released the name of a man killed in the parking lot of a Hoover apartment complex.

The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Keith Terrell Cooperwood. He was 29, and listed Homewood as his most recent address.

Hoover police and firefighters responded to Nine90 Wisteria Apartments on Wisteria Place at 2:44 p.m. Thursday. Once on the scene, said Hoover police Capt. Gregg Rector, they found Cooperwood in the parking lot, suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Medics pronounced him dead at 3:02 p.m.

Witnesses told police Cooperwood and another male were initially involved in a verbal argument in the parking lot of the 1300 building. Cooperwood went to his vehicle and retrieved a handgun. He approached the male again, the altercation continued, and shots were fired.

The shooter fled the scene, but later turned himself in to Hoover police. Detectives interviewed him and, after consulting with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, he was released pending further investigation. Detectives were set to meet again today with prosecutors, but no updates have been released.

The deadly shooting is Hoover’s first homicide in 2019. In all of Jefferson County, there have been 19 homicides this year.