March 14 (UPI) — An Alabama man was in police custody Tuesday on accusations of fatally capturing two individuals at a residence in Birmingham earlier than touring to St. Clair County the place he killed once more for a complete of 4 victims.
Daniel Watson, 28, of Pell Metropolis was arrested early Tuesday by officers in St. Clair County the place he has been booked into the Ashville jail on one depend of capital homicide and one depend of homicide with a gun.
Authorities say he killed 4 individuals at two residences separated by greater than two dozen miles. The motive was unknown although Birmingham Police Division officer Truman Fitzgerald mentioned in a recorded assertion that they imagine “the suspect is aware of a number of the victims.”
The homicide spree first grew to become identified to deputies in St. Clair County shortly after midnight Tuesday when deputies responded to a disturbance name on Drive Ragland. They found a White lady deceased from an obvious gunshot within the driveway of the residence, the St. Clair County Sheriff Billy Murray mentioned in a press release.
Inside the house, a second sufferer, a White man, was discovered with a gunshot wound. He was flown to UAB Hospital in Birmingham the place he was later pronounced lifeless.
Murray recognized the victims as Amber Manning, 37, and Timothy Davidson, 62.
Shortly earlier than 6 a.m., Watson was arrested by Leeds officers in St. Clair County in connection to the double murder. He informed the arresting officer that he had shot and killed two extra individuals at a residence within the 8400 block of Eighth Avenue South in Birmingham, Fitzgerald mentioned.
Officers arrived on the second residence at round 8:10 a.m. to discover a lady and a person lifeless from obvious gunshots. Their identities haven’t been made public.
“We imagine the suspect shot two victims in Birmingham earlier than touring into St. Clair County and capturing two extra victims of their jurisdiction,” he mentioned.
Fitzgerald mentioned Watson might face a capital homicide case in each St. Clair and Jefferson Counties.