by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
Damien McDaniel, 22, has been charged and is currently held with no bond.
An Alabama man was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 26, and charged with allegedly killing at least 14 people and shooting 29 others in Birmingham over the past year and a half.
On its Facebook page, the Birmingham Police Department announced in multiple posts that an arrest warrant was issued for 22-year-old Damien McDaniel of Fairfield for the murders of Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton, Mia Nickson, and Anthony Lamar Love Jr.
In a follow-up entry, the police department revealed that McDaniel was arrested along with another suspect in one of the deaths, 41-year-old Charles Nance of Pinson.
Before the recent charges, he was accused of killing 11 and shooting 29 people.
Birmingham Police said the recent capital murder charges related to the killing of Nickson and Love are murder-for-hire cases. McDaniel is being held without bond at the Alabama Department of Corrections at Kilby Correctional Facility.
“We were aware that there was further investigations going on that were separate from the pending cases,” John Robbins, McDaniels said in a statement, according to WVTM 13. “So, we are not too surprised by the additional charges.
“The defense team will not be deterred from providing our client with a vigorous defense that our system of justice demands. The defense team understands and appreciates the pain and suffering that the family and friends of all the victims have experienced and will continue to experience as these cases play out in court. We are not blind to that aspect of any homicide case.”
Last year, Birmingham police announced that McDaniel was being charged in the killing of Diontronet Brown Sept. 19 and for the deaths of Tahj Booker, Carlos McCain, Anitra Holloman, and Roderick Patterson in the Five Points South mass shooting Sept. 21. Then, the very next day, Jamarcus McIntyre was killed and McDaniel was charged with the death.
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Source: Black Enterprise
