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'They deserve to see my tears': Mother of Five Points South mass shooting victim reacts to arrest

'They deserve to see my tears': Mother of Five Points South mass shooting victim reacts to arrest
COMING UP IN YOUR FULL FORECAST. WELL, BIRMINGHAM POLICE SAY ONE MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF SIX PEOPLE OVER THREE DAYS. THEY SAY THAT INCLUDES A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING AT FIVE POINTS SOUTH. OFFICERS SAY DAMIEN MCDANIEL FIRST ACTED ALONE IN A HOMICIDE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. THAT鈥橲 WHEN THEY BELIEVE HE ENTERED THE 604 BAR AND LOUNGE ON NINTH STREET NORTH AND OPENED FIRE. DEONTE BROWN, AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER, WAS STRUCK BY THOSE BULLETS AND LATER DIED AT UAB HOSPITAL. OFFICERS SAY TWO DAYS LATER, MCDANIEL OPENED FIRE ON PATRONS OF THE HUSH LOUNGE IN FIVE POINTS SOUTH, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE AND INJURING 17 OTHERS. AND THAT鈥橲 WHERE WE FIND OUR GLADYS BAUTISTA LIVE IN LOCAL TONIGHT WITH MORE GLADYS. WELL, TODAY, AFTER THESE ARRESTS WERE ANNOUNCED, WE GOT A CHANCE TO GO TO ANITRA HOLLOMAN鈥橲 MOTHER鈥橲 HOUSE AND SIT DOWN WITH HER AND TALK TO HER ABOUT HOW IT FELT HEARING THIS NEWS. SHE SAYS THAT SHE HAS PRAYED FOR THIS DAY AND PLANS TO BE FRONT AND CENTER AT EVERY SINGLE COURT PROCEEDING. BECAUSE THEY DON鈥橳 KNOW ME. I DON鈥橳 KNOW THEM, BUT THEY DESERVE TO SEE MY TEARS. THEY DESERVE TO SEE ME FIGHT FOR MY BABY. JUST LIKE WHOEVER GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM. THEY LAWYERS GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM. THEY DESERVE TO SEE ME FIGHT FOR ANITRA. KANDACE KIM鈥橲 DAUGHTER, ANITRA HOLLOMAN, WAS ONE OF FOUR PEOPLE KILLED AND 17 LEFT INJURED OUTSIDE OF HUSH LOUNGE BACK ON SEPTEMBER 21ST. IT鈥橲 BEEN JUST OVER THREE WEEKS SINCE IT HAPPENED. KEMP GOT THE CALL YESTERDAY FROM DETECTIVES TELLING HER THEY MADE AN ARREST. LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT I EVEN KIND OF, LIKE, GOT SOME SLEEP. BUT EVERY TIME I TRY TO THINK IT鈥橲 JUST. I鈥橫 CONSTANTLY. I DON鈥橳 DO NOTHING BUT SEE MY BABY. LIFELESS BODY ON THE GROUND. THAT鈥橲 ALL I SEE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES. IT鈥橲 HER BODY JUST LIFELESS ON THE GROUND. BIRMINGHAM POLICE ARRESTING 22 YEAR OLD DAMIEN MCDANIEL FOR CAPITAL MURDER OF TWO OR MORE PERSONS AND 17 COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT FOR THOSE INJURED. INVESTIGATORS SAID EARLY ON, THE MASS SHOOTING WAS A TARGETED HIT. WHATEVER THE INTENDED SITUATION WAS TARGETED, WHATEVER THAT WAS, THAT WAS SELFISH, CARELESS, RECKLESS, DUMB. JEFFERSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DANNY CARR SAYING EARLY ON, THE CHARGES WOULD MAKE MCDANIEL ELIGIBLE FOR THE DEATH PENALTY. KEMP SAYS DESPITE EVERYTHING, SHE DOESN鈥橳 WANT THAT THEY CAN COME TO EASY. THEY EXPECT THAT. THEY EXPECT TO THE DOWN THE STREET. SO EXPECTING DOWN STATE IT AIN鈥橳 NO DIFFERENT. THAT鈥橲 SOMETHING THAT THEY EXPECT. BUT WHEN YOU TAKE A TAKE A PERSON鈥橲 LIFE FOR THEM. NOW I GOT YOU. NOW I鈥橫 IN CONTROL OF HOW YOU EAT AND BREATHE. YEAH. IT鈥橲 GOING TO BE A LOT DIFFERENT. ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING PARTS OF MY CONVERSATION WITH KEMP WAS THAT SHE KEPT SAYING, SHE IS PRAYING FOR MCDANIEL, AND THAT EVERYBODY IS HURT IN THIS SITUATION, AND SHE KEPT SAYING THAT YOUNG MAN PROBABLY DIDN鈥橳 HAVE ENOUGH LOVE IN HIS LIFE TO HAVE PREVENTED HIM FROM DOING WHAT HE DID. WE鈥橰E LIVE IN FRONT OF HUSH LO
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'They deserve to see my tears': Mother of Five Points South mass shooting victim reacts to arrest
Birmingham police have arrested 22-year-old Damien McDaniel for the deaths of six people over three days, including the mass shooting at Five Points South that left four dead, 17 injured and dozens of families impacted."They don't know me, I don't know them, but they deserve to see my tears.... they deserve to see me fight for Anitra," said Candance Kemp, whose daughter Anitra Holloman was one of the victims who lost their lives. Kemp received a call from detectives yesterday informing her of McDaniel's arrest."Last night was the first night I even got some sleep, but every time I try to think, .. my baby's lifeless body on the ground," Kemp said.McDaniel has been charged with capital murder of two or more persons and 17 counts of first-degree assault for those injured.Investigators initially indicated it was a targeted hit."Whatever the intended situation was.... that was selfish, careless, reckless, dumb," said Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr, noting that the charges could make McDaniel eligible for the death penalty.>> 米兰体育 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for freeKemp, however, does not want the death penalty for McDaniel."Death is going to come too easy. They expected to die on the street..... it's gonna be a lot different," she said.Kemp also mentioned that she is praying for McDaniel despite everything.She has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for funeral expenses and provide for Anitra's young child.

Birmingham police have arrested 22-year-old Damien McDaniel for the deaths of six people over three days, including the mass shooting at Five Points South that left four dead, 17 injured and dozens of families impacted.

"They don't know me, I don't know them, but they deserve to see my tears.... they deserve to see me fight for Anitra," said Candance Kemp, whose daughter Anitra Holloman was one of the victims who lost their lives.

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Kemp received a call from detectives yesterday informing her of McDaniel's arrest.

"Last night was the first night I even got some sleep, but every time I try to think, .. my baby's lifeless body on the ground," Kemp said.

McDaniel has been charged with capital murder of two or more persons and 17 counts of first-degree assault for those injured.

Investigators initially indicated it was a targeted hit.

"Whatever the intended situation was.... that was selfish, careless, reckless, dumb," said Jefferson County District Attorney Danny Carr, noting that the charges could make McDaniel eligible for the death penalty.

>> 米兰体育 13 ON-THE-GO: Download our app for free

Kemp, however, does not want the death penalty for McDaniel.

"Death is going to come too easy. They expected to die on the street..... it's gonna be a lot different," she said.

Kemp also mentioned that she is praying for McDaniel despite everything.

She has set up a page to help pay for funeral expenses and provide for Anitra's young child.