Community steps up to help law enforcement with recent mass shooting arrests

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Damien McDaniel is now accused of killing 11 people and police say he’s responsible for 30% percent of homicides in Birmingham from July to September.

Police arrested Hatarius Woods Tuesday and he is charged with capital murder of two or more people.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald says the arrests of Woods and the McDaniel would not have happened had it not been for the 300+ tips in the Five Points South mass shooting.

Fitzgerald also credited the countless hours of investigation from both BPD and their federal partners. He says the fact that they didn’t stop investigating after McDaniel’s arrest were paramount in helping BPD make the arrests in multiple mass shootings this year.

Metro Crime Stoppers President Bob Copus says neighbors have stepped up and shared what they know all year and this is just the latest example.

“The community is seeing the devastating results of this violent crime and they are saying I have had enough. That is what this was all about. This is the community saying we know who did this. We are going to take a chance, we are going to call Crime Stoppers, we are going to call Birmingham Police direct,” said Copus.

If you know anything else about the various shootings that McDaniel and Woods are connected to, Copus encourages you to share what you know in an effort to provide grieving families closure this holiday season.

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