A dangerous job ends in death for one Birmingham area man.
According to Birmingham police, the brother of a car owner shot and killed a repo man while he was trying to take back a car.
28-year old Jason Lee McLendon was shot in the back of head around 2 o'clock this morning near the 1900 block of 20th Street North.
Police said McLendon and his partner were about to repossess a Cadillac sedan.
As they backed up their tow truck, the car's owner came out to ask what was going on and told McLendon he just made a payment.
Police said that's when the owner's brother came out with a rifle.
McLendon and his partner got into their truck and drove away.
But police said the man fired a shot, hitting McLendon in back of head while he was driving. His partner wasn't hurt.
Police said later Thursday morning, the shooter turned himself in and told them he did not intend to shoot McLendon.
He said he thought he fired a warning shot.
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