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Rashiem Hakiem Porter

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Authorities have released the name of a man shot to death Wednesday night during a brawl outside of a Birmingham convenience store.

The Jefferson County Coroner's Office on Thursday identified the victim as Rashiem Hakiem Porter. He was 26.

The shooting happened at 8:44 p.m. in the parking lot of Best Convenience Store on Pearson Avenue and 17th Place Southwest. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 9 p.m.

Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards said investigators watched store surveillance video to determine what happened and provided this account:

Several men were hanging out in front of the store when Porter and his mother drove up. Porter got out of his car and headed into the store. As he left the store, he began to talk with the group of men who were out front.

Then, minutes later, a fight erupted between Porter and one man. After the fight, Porter's mother began to walk home. That's when the suspect and another man ran around the building and began to hit Porter's mother in the face with a gun, injuring her nose.

Porter tried to run to his mother to help her, and he was shot multiple times.

Witnesses were taken to police headquarters for questioning. Porter's mother was taken to the hospital. The suspects fled the scene in a black Nissan.

Edwards said it appeared those involved knew each other. "For men to just show up, for this victim to just show up and for them to have a confrontation so quickly, it just lets me know that they have some pretty bad history," Edwards said. "Detectives are confident that the shooter will be brought to justice."

The shooting that killed Porter was one of several overnight. About the same time as the southwest Birmingham shooting, another incident erupted at the Palisades shopping center which was possible a road rage incident.

There were conflicting reports about what happened, but police Wednesday night said one person was struck by a vehicle, and another person later showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound.

Also Wednesday night, about 8 p.m., two people were shot at the Chevron at 1525 Finley Boulevard. Edwards said they were taken by private vehicle to UAB Hospital and both are expected to survive their injuries.

Porter is the city's third homicide victim this year. Birmingham ended 2016 with 104 slayings. Four people have been killed in all of Jefferson County since Jan. 1.

Anyone with information on Porter's death or any of the crimes is asked to call Birmingham police at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.