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WE’LL DO THE SAME THING TO YOU, SO WHY NOT DO IT TO THEM? WHY SHOW THEM COMPASSION WHEN THEY AIN’T GONNA SHOW YOUR FOLK NO COMPASSION? WELL, THAT WAS DAMIAN MCDANIEL. A MAN ACCUSED OF THREE SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IN THE SPAN OF THREE DAYS BACK IN SEPTEMBER, DURING A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT VIOLENCE IN BIRMINGHAM. BUT TONIGHT, A GRAND JURY SAYS THAT HE AND ANOTHER MAN, TERRY WOODS, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO OTHER SHOOTINGS DURING THE SUMMER. THIS, INCLUDING A MASS SHOOTING IN JULY WHEN FOUR PEOPLE DIED AND TEN OTHERS WERE HURT AT TRENDSETTERS LOUNGE. ��������13’S ERIN LLEWELLYN JOINS US. OKAY, ERIN, LET’S WALK THROUGH ALL OF THESE CHARGES FROM THE BEGINNING. YEAH. GUY. SHERRI BIRMINGHAM POLICE ANNOUNCED THE INDICTMENT OF THESE TWO MEN, DAMIAN MCDANIEL AND DARIUS WOODS. OFFICERS SAY THEY’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER. AND THE SHOOTING AT TRENDSETTERS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE STRING OF VIOLENCE. NOW, LIKE YOU SAID, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND TEN OTHERS WERE HURT AS THEY WERE CELEBRATING A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT THE EVENTS CENTER. OFFICERS BELIEVE THE MEN DROVE UP AND OPENED FIRE WHILE THE CAR WAS STILL MOVING. NOW A MONTH LATER, OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE VICES APARTMENTS ON A REPORT OF A STOLEN CAR. THEY SAY THERE WAS A CONFRONTATION THAT DAY THAT LED TO AN OFFICER FIRING A SHOT AT THEM, BUT THE TWO DROVE OFF IN A CAR. SOON AFTER, POLICE FOUND CHARLIE MOORE SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE HIS APARTMENT. WHEN WE SAY ON THESE SCENES, IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THESE VIOLENT OFFENDERS OFF THE STREET. THIS IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY. BUT OFFICERS SAY MCDANIEL DID NOT STOP IN AUGUST. ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. THEY SAY HE SHOT A WOMAN, ANTOINETTE BROWN, INSIDE THE 604 LOUNGE AND BAR IN SMITHFIELD. NOW, BROWN WAS TAKEN TO UAB HOSPITAL, WHERE SHE DIED THE NEXT NIGHT. BPD SAYS MCDANIEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A SECOND MASS SHOOTING AT HUSH LOUNGE IN FIVE POINTS SOUTH. FOUR PEOPLE DIED AND 17 OTHERS WERE INJURED WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY HE OPENED FIRE TO PEOPLE WAITING TO GET INSIDE. NOW, POLICE BELIEVE THERE ARE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS IN THE SHOOTING, BUT MCDANIEL IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THEN THE NIGHT AFTER THAT, POLICE BELIEVE HE AND THREE OTHERS FIRED SHOTS THAT LED TO A DEADLY TRIPLE SHOOTING IN THE SOUTHEAST LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE MAN, JAMARCUS MCINTYRE, DIED WHILE LYING ON THE SIDEWALK. A WOMAN WAS FOUND INJURED A LITTLE BIT LATER, AND ANOTHER MAN SHOWED UP TO SAINT VINCENT’S EAST WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND. NOW, POLICE BELIEVE SOME OF THOSE KILLED OR INJURED IN THE SHOOTINGS WERE TARGETS. THEY ALSO SAY MCDANIEL AND WOODS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT 30% OF THE HOMICIDES FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER. OF THIS YEAR. NOW, FITZGERALD SAYS THAT THESE ARRESTS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IT SHOWS YOU THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS READY TO PARTNER WITH OUR BIRMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LET US POINT THIS OUT. THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING, WE STOOD BEFORE YOU AND WE DELIVERED A PROMISE THAT WE WERE GOING TO HUNT DOWN, UNCOVER AND ARREST EVERY PERSON THAT TOOK THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS LIVES. WE HOPE AND PRAY BIRMINGHAM THAT YOU SEE, WE DELIVERED ON OUR PROMISE. NOW BOTH MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL WITHOUT BOND. FITZGERALD SAYS THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN INDICTED, THEIR CASES COULD GO TO TRIAL SOON, AND WE’LL BE SURE TO STAY O