An investigation is underway after a man died following a confrontation in downtown Tuscaloosa.

Authorities on Monday identified the victim as David Blake Milligan. He was 27.

Tuscaloosa police and the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit responded at 2:30 a.m. Sunday to the 2400 block of University Boulevard on an assault call, said Capt. Gary Hood. Once on the scene, they found Milligan unresponsive. He was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center but never regained consciousness and died later Sunday afternoon.

Hood said investigators learned Milligan and a friend had been to the bars near the intersection of Fourth Street and 23rd Avenue. After the bars closed at 2 a.m., Milligan walked west along University Boulevard and crossed Greensboro Avenue. Investigators believe Milligan then began walking north along the east side of the Embassy Suites where he had a confrontation with someone that had possibly driven by him as he was walking.

Milligan leaves behind a wife, stepdaughter and 2-year-old son.

Investigators are asking anyone that may have seen a confrontation in this area around 2:30 a.m. Sunday to contact the Tuscaloosa Metro Homicide Unit at 205-464-8690 or Crime Stoppers at 205-752-7867.