From the Tribune staff reports
FULTONDALE — A father in Fultondale was killed Sunday morning as he tried to fight off three masked intruders who broke into the home while he and his family slept.
Fultondale Police Chief D.P. Smith said the victim was shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to Carol Robinson.
On Monday morning, Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates identified the victim as 55-year-old Alejandro Hernandez Garcia of Fultondale.
The incident occurred at about 6 a.m. on Stonefield Drive in the One Hundred Oaks mobile community. Smith said the activity was uncommon for Fultondale and the neighborhood. Robinson reported that the incident was the first homicide in Fultondale since 2016.
Smith said Garcia fought with the intruders and was shot during the altercation while some of the children were still asleep in the residence.
Police are searching for persons of interest who may have been in a silver or gray Ford F-150 with red stickers on each side of the rear window.
If you have information related to the crime or the Ford pickup truck, please call Fultondale Det. Kevin Studyvin at 205-849-5456 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
