A man in connection with the recent fatal shooting in Birmingham, Alabama was charged Tuesday in three more murder investigations, including the death of a firefighter in 2023.
Damien McDaniel is currently a Birmingham firefighter in the shooting death of Jordan Melton, a Birmingham firefighter who was targeted while working at Norwood Community Fire Station #9 on July 12, 2023, according to Birmingham. Jordan Melton was charged with capital murder of the first responder in the shooting death of the first responder. Police station.
Sergeant. Jamal Jones was also shot during the incident but survived, leading to an attempt to murder McDaniel.
McDaniel, who has been in custody for several months, also deliberately murdered McDaniel on Tuesday after he died in January 2024 in UPS driver Anthony Love, the death of MIA Nickson and capital murderer (murderer) It was announced that he was indicted. , Jr.
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Birmingham police announced Tuesday that the man accused of killing 13 people in the past year and a half was charged with capital murder of the first person in charge at the death of Birmingham Firefighter Jordan Melton in July 2023. did. (Alabama Department of Corrections/Birmingham Police Department)
Tuesday's charges have led McDaniel to be linked to the murders of 14 people in the Birmingham area, and have been accused of injuring at least 29 people.
He was charged with capital murder on July 13, 2024, with mass shooting outside the Trendsetter lounge and event center, killing four people and 10 injured.
He was also charged with capital murder and 17 count first-degree attacks on September 21, 2024, with four people killed after mass shooting outside a hookah lounge in the popular 5-point south area. caused and injured at least 17 people. Birmingham police said they believed the suspect had been paid to fire in the area at the time of the shooting.
Damien McDaniel, 22, has been linked to 14 murders in the Birmingham, Alabama area since July 2023, according to city police. (Birmingham Police Station/WBRC)
In addition to the connection to the two major shootings, police believe McDaniel was involved in three other deadly shootings that took place on separate days in August and September.
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McDaniel is currently behind the bar at Kilby Correctional Facility in Montgomery, Alabama. His probation comes after he was revoked in an attempt to convict murder resulting from a 2019 shooting in the Fairfield area.
In Fairfield's case, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2023, with three years of probation over two years and three years of probation.
McDaniel has been in police custody since October 2024. (WBRC)
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McDaniel was arrested by Birmingham Police in October 2024 and placed in the Jefferson County Jail.
When his probation was revoked on December 12, 2024, he was transferred to custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections.
