Birmingham Police announced Wednesday that a suspect in the deadly Five Points South mass shooting could be responsible for six deaths across three days.
Damien Laron McDaniel, 22, of Forestdale, is charged with capital murder and 17 counts of first-degree assault in the Sept. 21 shooting in front of Hush Lounge that left four dead and 17 injured.
Tahj Booker, 27, Carlos McCain, 27, and Roderick Lynn Patterson, all of Birmingham, and Anitra Holloman, 21, of Bessemer, were killed.
McDaniel is also charged in two homicides that happened within days of the Five Points shooting, Chief Scott Thurmond said.
McDaniel is charged with intentional murder in the death of Diontranet Tinae Brown, who was killed on Sept. 19 inside the 604 Bar and Lounge, and he is charged with capital murder and three counts of attempted murder in the death of Jamarcus McIntrye on Sept. 22.
McIntyre was found shot to death on a sidewalk at 775 81stPlace South. Two others were shot and injured.
Three other suspects are charged in connection to McIntyre's death. Nikwan Lawler, 22, is charged with capital murder and three counts of attempted murder; Larry Rollins Jr., 31, is charged with capital murder and trafficking heroin; and DeMarco Beck, 29, is charged with capital murder.
All four suspects are being held in the Jefferson County Jail with no bond.
Thurmond said investigators received over 300 tips in the Five Points South shooting.
"There's all little bits of information that came from various tips and so there's just a lot of things that really assisted in putting this investigation together," Thurmond said. "The tips were critical. We applaud the community for coming forward."
"We've never had that many tips in any case before," he continued. "So, I have to 'hats off' to the community for sharing that information with us and being willing to share that information with us."
Police have not released a motive for the shootings.
Following the mass shooting, Gov. Kay Ivey said she would be willing to enter into a joint law enforcement program with Birmingham.
Thurmond said although overall crime is down 11.3%, gun violence remains the city's biggest problem and the one that is hardest for law enforcement to handle.
"We're going to continue to work hard every day to stop gun violence," Thurmond said. "Gun violence is the number one problem in Birmingham right now."
"… So, we're going to continue to work hard, we're going to continue to do everything we can," he added.
The chief said the City Council and Mayor Randall Woodfin have taken initiatives to increase the number of officers in the department.
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