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The Brief Damien McDaniel, 22, is charged in connection with 14 murders, including a firefighter and UPS worker. McDaniel also linked to two mass shootings in 2024, with 11 victims dead. Authorities have not disclosed a motive, and McDaniel is held without bond. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Alabama man has been charged in connection with 14 murders, including those of a firefighter and UPS worker. According to the Birmingham Police Department, 22-year-old Damien McDaniel was recently charged in connection to the murder of Birmingham firefighter Jordan Melton. Melton was shot and killed in July 2023 at a fire station. A...

Birmingham police are on the scene at Saint Vincent's Hospital this morning, where somebody fired a gun early this morning. We have now learned that a police officer and two hospital employees were injured during that shooting, and they have been taken to UAB hospital. Their injuries were not life threatening. The gunman was killed during the shooting. Police say that the public is not in any danger, and that the situation is under control. Our reporter on the scene says additional nurses have been called in to work.