Photo: Jefferson County Jail
Authorities in Alabama arrested a man accused of killing six people over three days in Birmingham. Damien Laron McDaniel III, 22, was charged with multiple counts of capital murder, attempted murder, and first-degree assault.
McDaniel was charged with killing four people in a mass shooting at a lounge that police say was a paid hit targeting one of the victims. McDaniel is accused of spraying hundreds of bullets into a crowd waiting in line outside of a nightclub. The shooting left four dead and 17 injured.
Police said that two days before the mass shooting, McDaniel shot and killed 35-year-old Diontrante Tinae Brown, an innocent bystander killed in a shooting at a bar. McDaniel is also accused of killing 32-year-old Jamarcus McIntyre during a robbery less than 24 hours after the mass shooting.
Investigators said the shootings are all connected, and that case has been linked to numerous incidents of violence over the past few years.
“You have a common suspect, for one thing, that’s charged in all three... This is just one step in moving forward. There’s a lot more to come in these investigations as we prepare for court,” Police Chief Scott Thurmond said.
Three others, Ny’Quan Cordae Lollar, 22, Larry Denzel Rollins, Jr., 31, and Demarco Nakia Beck Jr., 29, were arrested in connection with the robbery and killing of McIntrye.