Police believe an Alabama homeowner shot a home invasion suspect, who then went to a nearby gas station where police found him suffering from a gunshot wound.

The man was transported Birmingham area hospital where he died.

Birmingham Police were called to a home invasion at 12:44 a.m. Tuesday morning on Avenue O.

Two minutes later, dispatcher received a report from a nearby gas station on Bessemer Avenue about a man who had been shot.

The man, later identified as Jamel Nathan Thomas, 29, was taken to the hospital where he died.

Police report that the homeowner on Avenue O said that has shot the intruder who broke into their home. Police believe Thomas was the intruder.

The homeowner is cooperating with investigators.

If you have any information that can help authorities, you are asked to call the B.P.D. Homicide Unit at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.