11 dead, 29 injured in five separate shootings in Birmingham linked to same suspect

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — 22-year-old Damien McDaniel is currently accused of murdering 11 people and wounding 29 others in five separate shootings in Birmingham.

In these cases, McDaniel faces several counts of capital murder, assault, attempted murder and intentional murder.

The following are the murders and shootings McDaniel has been charged with:

July 13, 2024 – 3400 Block of 27th Street North

The victims were identified as Lerandus Anderson, 24, of Center Point, Stevie McGhee, 39, of Birmingham, Markeisha Gettings, 42, of Birmingham, and Angela Weatherspoon, 56, of Center Point.
There was a birthday party that evening
After the mass shooting, Birmingham police said they believed at least one suspect drove by in a car and fired shots from the street at the subject.
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The Birmingham Police Department announced the… press conference on Tuesday that 27-year-old Hatarius Woods was also charged in the shooting at Trendsetters Lounge.

“Birmingham is a much safer place with these people in prison,” said Truman Fitzgerald, Birmingham Police Department Public Information Officer.

McDaniel also was charged with capital murder and first-degree burglary in connection with the Aug. 13 death of 61-year-old Charlie Herbert Moore. Woods is also charged in the case.

August 13, 2024 – 3100 block of 43rd Avenue North

Just after 8 p.m., officers were called to the scene following a report of a stolen vehicle.
Police heard shots coming from an apartment in the North Birmingham Homes housing community, commonly known as Vice Hills.
The officers then saw a person with a gun leaving the apartment and attacked him. During the confrontation, the officer shot the suspect. The suspect entered the passenger side of the vehicle, which had been reported stolen, and fled the area.
The pursuit ended when the suspects abandoned the vehicle in the 4100 Block of Fairmont Place.
Moore was found shot to death in the apartment by officers.
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September 19, 2024 – 604 Bar at 9th Street North

Officers called Bar 604 just before 9 p.m
Diontranet Tinae Brown, 35, of Birmingham, was found unconscious in her living room after being shot
Officers arrived on scene around 8:50 p.m. and found Brown unconscious in the living room with an apparent gunshot wound.
The Birmingham Fire Department transported her to UAB Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police say the shooting was not random but do not believe Brown was the intended target.
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September 21, 2024 – 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue South

Four people were killed and 17 injured in a mass shooting in Five Points South
The victims were: Anitra Holloman, 21, of Bessemer, Roderick Lynn Patterson, Jr., 26, of Birmingham, Tahj Booker, 27, of Birmingham, and Carlos McCain, 27, also of Birmingham.
Police said at least 100 shots were fired.
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September 22, 2024 – 700 block of 81st Street South

Birmingham police responded to a report of a shooting around 9:15 p.m
Thanks to the city’s Shot Spotter technology, it was determined that at least 30 shots were fired.
Both the man and the woman were taken to hospital in a private vehicle
Jamarcus Desean McIntyre, 32, of Birmingham, was pronounced dead by medical personnel.
ABC 33/40 News then confirmed that another shooting victim was taken to another hospital. Investigators were working to determine if this person was shot where the other two victims were.
Investigators have received information that the latest shooting and murder may be linked to the mass shooting that occurred Saturday night.
It is unclear whether shots were fired from the car or whether the suspect or suspects exited the car before they began shooting.
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22-year-old Ny’Quan Lollar, 31-year-old Larry Rollins Jr. and 29-year-old Demarco Beck also were charged in connection with the shooting.

After these arrests were announced, Zachary Holmes was also charged in this case.

Because McDaniel has been charged in five separate cases, police have not ruled out the possibility that McDaniel could potentially be connected to other unsolved murders.

Police did not provide a motive, but Fitzgerald of the BPD PIO said, “We are investigating some of these homicides as hired murders.”

The Birmingham Police Department mentioned a “rental payment” as a possible motive during a press conference related to the Five Points South shooting the day after the incident.

McDaniel’s arrest was announced by BPD on October 16. McDaniel made his first court appearance on Oct. 17 before he was charged with another mass shooting and murder in August.

Court records also show McDaniel pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder in 2023 and received a sentence of 15 years split between two years with three years suspended.

ABC 33/40 reached out to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office to ask about McDaniel’s release and whether any future action will be taken to keep violent criminals behind bars.

This story will be updated as we receive a response.

“As far as walking the streets, all the evidence shows they did that, it’s no good,” responded Birmingham resident Harold Johnson.

He said he feels safer for the community knowing that McDaniel, accused in several fatal shootings, is in custody.

“I believe such people should be isolated,” he said.

McDaniel is being held in the Jefferson County Jail without bond.

The Birmingham Police Department is asking anyone with additional information on any of these cases to contact them.