BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A Bessemer man’s death is under investigation being found shot to death on October 27.

According to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office, 47-year-old Dominick Dwayne Peterson was found shot on 39^th Street at Walnut Avenue SW in Birmingham. 

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:06 a.m. 

The death is being investigated as a homicide by the Birmingham Police Department.