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A man was run over by a vehicle and killed in front of his children during a Sunday family gathering at an east Birmingham home.
A woman, who shared children with the victim, was taken into custody at the scene.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the victim as Mickese Bostic.
He was 27.
A large crowd of family members were celebrating Easter and the birthday of one of the children when police say a domestic disturbance broke out between Bostic and the mother of his children.
Police said the Bostic and the woman were still in a relationship.
The ordeal began just before 10 p.m. at Bostic’s home in the 700 block of Lisa Lane.
East Precinct officers were initially dispatched on a report of shots fired at the home.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the call was updated to say that the female was trying to run over the victim.
When they arrived, they learned that the woman did hit the Bostic with a vehicle, and the victim was trapped between the vehicle and a house.
“There was a large crowd at the house,” Fitzgerald said. “It was a child’s birthday party on top of Easter.”
“The crowd of family members was visibly upset,” he said. “Officers put out a max emergency because they couldn’t get the crowd under control.”
Responding officers from all four of the city’s precincts were warned of someone with a gun, but Fitzgerald said no shots were fired once police were on the scene.
More than 25 police cars responded.
“Officers from every precinct came to the scene,” he said.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service also responded to the neighborhood and helped remove the trapped victim. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 10:21 p.m.
Fitzgerald said investigators learned the woman fired shots inside the house before police arrived.
“The deceased and the woman that was behind the wheel shared children in common,” he said. “There was an argument that took place that led to her retrieving a gun.”
“There was a fight inside of the house. Shots were fired inside of the house,” he said. “The victim left, and we were told she ran him over with the car.”
“I just learned from several officers that some of their kids may have been inside the vehicle,” Fitzgerald said. “One of their (children’s) birthday was today.”
Fitzgerald confirmed that police had been dispatched to the home earlier in the evening on a domestic dispute involving the couple.
“That was a situation where there was nothing criminal that took place,” he said. “Our officers had no arrestable charges, and both parties were allowed to go their separate ways.”
Police said the woman later returned to the victim’s house and that’s when the deadly dispute took place.
Police walked about half a dozen crying elementary aged children from the crime scene and drove them off in police cars.
Fitzgerald said he believed the kids were taken to police headquarters.
