An investigation is underway into a deadly shooting in downtown Birmingham.

Police and firefighters responded to the scene about 2:15 p.m. Saturday at First Avenue North and Carraway Boulevard, according to Sgt. Bryan Shelton.

Police Saturday evening identified the victim as Herman Gordon Jr. He was 18.

Friends said he graduated from Huffman High School in May and recently became a father to a young son.

Gordon was found shot in a vehicle which had crashed. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Shelton said it appears the shooting happened in the northbound lanes of Elton B. Stephens Expressway. The victim then exited onto First Avenue North where he was found.

A Birmingham teen was killed Saturday, July 28, on Elton B. Stephens Expressway.

Police shut down the expressway but it was reopened by 3:45 p.m.

Shelton said investigators do not believe the shooting was random or the result of any kind of road rage. "It was intentional,'' he said. "I don't know if they were looking for him or just saw him."

He said they don't yet have a description of the suspect vehicle and don't know how many people were inside that vehicle. The shots, he said, were fired from the vehicle into the victim's car. There is no evidence the victim returned fire.

"Clearly this was a reckless act by a reckless person,'' Shelton said. "It is our job as investigators to help the family deal with this tragedy. This (the suspect) is someone who doesn't belong on the streets."

This were multiple broad-daylight shootings Saturday. The first happened about 9:30 a.m. when at least two people opened fire in the city's Baby Kingston neighborhood, injuring a 14-year-old girl and hitting multiple cars and houses. At least two other people were shot in separate incidents but their injuries were not life threatening.

Gordon is Birmingham's 62nd homicide victim in 2018 and the 94th in all of Jefferson County, including the 62 in Birmingham.

Anyone with information on the deadly shooting is asked to call Birmingham homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.