Authorities have released the name of a man who was found shot to death inside his Ensley home.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the victim as Marcus Dewayne Stollenwreck. He was 45.
Stollenwreck was discovered just before 2 p.m. Friday in the home on 50th Street in Ensley.
His wife called 911 and told a dispatcher she came home and found her husband shot in the head.
She told police that the house, in Birmingham’s Central Park neighborhood, was ”shot up” and money was missing.
Birmingham police investigate a homicide at 1755 50th Street Ensley on May 30, 2025.Carol Robinson
Officer De’Rell Freeman said detectives did not find any sign of forced entry. Police on the scene said the victim had been dead for at least a day before his body was found.
Freeman said the exact time of the deadly shooting is not yet known.
No arrests have been announced.
Stollenwreck is Birmingham’s 33rd homicide in 2025. In all of Jefferson County, there have been 49, including the 33 in Birmingham.
Anyone with information is asked to call homicide detectives at 205-254-1764 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
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