Birmingham nightclub massacre suspect accused of killing others in four separate shootings: police

The Alabama fishy accused of opening occurrence extracurricular a Birmingham nightclub successful September has present been charged with sidesplitting respective different radical successful aggregate shootings this year.

Damien McDaniel, who is presently successful constabulary custody, was charged with superior execution successful transportation with the July 13 wide shooting that killed 4 radical and wounded 10 others. The 22-year-old's charges were announced by the Birmingham Police Department during a property league connected Wednesday.

McDaniel was already connected to a Sept. 21 wide shooting successful Birmingham, wherever 4 radical were killed and astatine slightest 17 others were wounded. At the clip of the shooting, Birmingham Police Chief Scott Thurmond said helium believed the shooting was "a hit," and that the suspects were paid to unfastened fire.

Both of the shootings took spot extracurricular of nightclubs, with the Sept. 21 massacre taking spot adjacent the University of Alabama astatine Birmingham.

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Damien McDaniel, 22, is connected to 5 caller shootings, constabulary say. (Birmingham Police Department/WBRC)

On apical of his connections to 2 wide shootings, constabulary present besides judge McDaniel was progressive successful 3 different shootings. The shootings, which were fatal, took spot connected 3 abstracted days successful August and September.

In total, constabulary judge that McDaniel killed 11 radical and wounded 29 others successful 5 antithetic instances.

Suspect Hatarius Woods, 27, was besides charged with superior execution successful transportation with the July wide shooting. Other shooters were progressive successful the Sept. 21 massacre, but the probe of the shooting is inactive ongoing.

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The Sept. shooting took spot extracurricular a nightclub successful Birmingham, Alabama. (WBMA)

During a property league connected Wednesday, serviceman Truman Fitzgerald said that Woods and McDaniel were liable for astir 30% of homicides successful Birmingham betwixt July and September.

"These individuals started backmost successful July, and they did not halt from September," Officer Truman Fitzgerald said astatine a property league connected Wednesday. "We often accidental connected these transgression scenes that we person a fewer prime criminals that adhd to this transgression and springiness Birmingham a atrocious name."

Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin precocious spoke retired astir the city's convulsive transgression crisis, asking authorities legislators to code the contented alternatively of simply adding much officers connected the streets.

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Police cars connected country successful Birmingham, Alabama, aft the Sept. 21 shooting. (WBRC)

"Even if I springiness you much officers connected our streets, radical are inactive legally allowed to thrust astir with these types of guns," the politician said successful a YouTube video connected Tuesday. "If I was a betting man, I would judge the residents of Birmingham person had capable of this and privation to spot much weapon information laws successful spot that support radical successful Birmingham, but that has to travel from a level higher than me."

Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price, Landon Mion and the Associated Press contributed to this report.