UPDATE: Fatal shooting at B’ham gas station Sunday afternoon ruled justified

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham police have ruled a fatal shooting at at a gas station Sunday afternoon was justified.

Police say one person was 48-year-old Troy Allen Underhill was killed and a second person was taken to UAB Hospital with a gunshot wound.

The shooting happened at 5:25 p.m. in the 3900 block of Pinson Valley Parkway at a gas station. Arriving officers found one victim responsive at the scene.

Further investigating revealed an altercation between two people led to the shooting and Underhill fled into a wooded area after gunfire was exchanged.

Birmingham police say their K9 unit searched the wooded area and found the Underhill deceased two hours later.