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FIRST, DEVELOPING NEWS IN THE CASE OF A BIRMINGHAM FIREFIGHTER WHO DIED AFTER BEING SHOT ON THE JOB. THE MAIN SUSPECT IN THE FIVE POINTS SHOOTING, MASSIALAS FIVE POINTS MASS SHOOTING, NOW FACING CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF JORDAN MELTON. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT FIVE. I’M GUY RAWLINGS AND I’M BRITTANY DECKER. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT. MAGDALA LOUISSAINT IS STANDING BY AT THE FIRE STATION WHERE MELTON WAS SHOT. BUT FIRST, LET’S CHECK IN WITH �������� 13 S LISA CRANE LIVE IN LOCAL OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OFFICERS ANNOUNCED MULTIPLE NEW CHARGES FOR MCDANIEL TODAY. LISA. THAT’S RIGHT. THE MAN POLICE BELIEVE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO MASS SHOOTINGS AND MULTIPLE DEATHS. NOW ACCUSED IN SEVERAL OTHER CASES. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED DAMIEN MCDANIEL IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDERS OF MIA NIXON, WHO WAS GUNNED DOWN IN FRONT OF HER HOME. ANTHONY LOVE JUNIOR. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT A UPS FACILITY WHERE HE WORKED, AND JORDAN MELTON, ONE OF TWO BIRMINGHAM FIREFIGHTERS WHO WAS SHOT AT FIRE STATION NINE IN NORWOOD IN THE SUMMER OF 2023. THAT MURDER HAS GONE UNSOLVED FOR 19 MONTHS, WHILE SOME OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS MAY REQUIRE MORE TIME. REST ASSURED THAT WE ARE TIRELESSLY WORKING EVERY DAY TOWARDS BRINGING PERPETRATORS TO JUSTICE WITH EFFICIENCY AND METICULOUS WORK CARRIED OUT BY OUR HOMICIDE DETECTIVES. NOW, SINCE THE TRAGIC SHOOTING THERE AT FIRE STATION NINE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ADJUSTED ITS SAFETY PLANS TO MAKE SURE FIREFIGHTERS FEEL SAFE AT WORK. �������� 13, MAGDALA LOUISSAINT IS LIVE RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE THE FIRE STATION IN NORWICH. TELL US ALL ABOUT THOSE CHANGES. MAGDALA. SO, LISA, CHIEF MOON TELLS ME WHEN HE TOOK HIS POSITION IN 2020, THEY ADDED CAMERAS TO ALL OF THE FIRE STATIONS. BUT WHEN A SERGEANT JONES AND JORDAN MELTON WERE SHOT HERE AT FIRE STATION NINE, THEY KNEW THERE WAS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. ON JANUARY 12TH, BIRMINGHAM POLICE SAY THAT DAMIEN MCDANIEL WALKED INTO FIRE STATION NINE THAT MORNING AND SHOT AT FIREFIGHTERS. JORDAN MELTON AND SERGEANT JAMAL JONES MULTIPLE TIMES THAT DAY. AUTHORITIES SAY THE FIRE STATION WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SHOULD ANYONE NEED HELP. WELL, SHORTLY AFTER THAT SHOOTING, CHIEF MOON SAID THEY CLOSED THE FIRE STATION DOWN FOR A FEW MONTHS TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES TO SEEK COUNSELING. IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, HE SAYS, THEY WORKED ON EXPANDING THEIR SAFETY PLAN AND GIVING SOME FIRST RESPONDERS THE OPTION TO COME BACK TO THEIR POST AT FIRE STATION NINE. HE SAID MOST OF THEM CAME BACK, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO DID NOT. WE’VE ADDED ADDITIONAL SECURITY CAMERAS. WE’VE ADDED DOOR ACCESS CONTROL. WE UPDATED OUR STATION SECURITY POLICY. SO WE JUST WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD, AND WE’RE STILL WORKING TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL SECURITY MEASURES WITH BPD AND THE HELP OF THE MAYOR’S OFFICE. SO IT’S CONSTANTLY EVOLVING. WE’RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO DO MORE. THERE WAS A THIRD PERSON IN THE FIRE STATION THAT DAY. THAT HERO HAS NOT BEEN NAMED AT ALL DURING THIS TIME, BUT HE WAS ON SITE TO GET MORE HELP FOR SERGEANT JAMAL JONES AND MELTON. MOON TELLS ME JONES IS DOING WELL, BUT STILL HAS SOME RECOVERY TO GO THROUGH. MOON GAVE US OR GAVE JONES AN UPDATE ON MCDANIEL TODAY, AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AREN’T THE ONLY ONES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE CONNECTED TO THIS RECENT NEWS WITH DAMIEN MCDANIEL. AND THERE ARE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS ACROSS BIRMINGHAM WHO ARE DEALING WITH THIS AND STILL PROCESSING THIS. BUT CHIEF MOON DOES HAVE A MESSAGE TO THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND YOU’LL HEAR THAT AT SIX. WE’RE LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM. I’M MAGDALA LOUISSAINT �������� 13. MAGDALA. THANK YOU. AND AS WE MENTIONED, MCDANIEL NOW CHARGED IN 14 MURDERS. A STRING OF SHOOTINGS TAKING PLACE OVER A YEAR. POLICE SAY IT STARTED ON JULY 12TH, 2023, WHEN JORDAN MELTON AND JAMAL JONES WERE GUNNED DOWN AS THEY WORKED AT THAT FIRE STATION IN NORWOOD. ON JANUARY 10TH, 2024, MCDANIEL IS NOW CHARGED WITH KILLING MAIA JACKSON. OUR MIA NIXON, I SHOULD SAY THE 21 YEAR-OLD WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN FRONT OF HER HOME IN CRESTWOOD IN IN APRIL. HE’S ACCUSED OF TARGETING ANTHONY LOVE JUNIOR, A UPS DRIVER SHOT AND KILLED AS HE WALKED TO HIS CAR AFTER WORK ON JULY 13TH, 2024. THE FIRST OF TWO MASS SHOOTINGS MCDANIEL IS ACCUSED OF AT AN EVENT CENTER IN NORTH BIRMINGHAM. FOUR PEOPLE DIED THERE. TEN OTHERS WERE HURT. HE IS ALSO CHARGED WITH KILLING DEANDRE BROWN INSIDE A CLUB ON NINTH STREET NORTH. THAT WAS SEPTEMBER 19TH. AND THEN JUST TWO DAYS LATER, MCDANIEL IS ACCUSED OF OPENING FIRE IN THE FIVE POINTS NEIGHBORHOOD AS PEOPLE STOOD IN LINE OUTSIDE A LOUNGE. AND THAT INCIDENT, FOUR PEOPLE DIED, 17 OTHERS WERE HURT. NOW, IN A STATEMENT, MCDANIEL’S LAWYER SAYS THEY ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR DEFENSE. IN ALL OF THESE CASES, SAYING, QUOTE, WE WERE AWARE THERE WAS FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON THAT WERE SEPARATE FROM THE PENDING CASES. SO WE ARE NOT TOO SURPRISED BY THE ADDITIONAL CHARGES. THE DEFENSE TEAM WILL NOT BE DETERRED FROM PROVIDING OUR CLIENT WITH A VIGOROUS DEFENSE THAT OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE DEMANDS. NOW, I SPOKE WITH THE MOTHER OF THE FIREFIGHTER. MCDANIEL IS ACCUSED OF KILLING ROCHELLE GASTON MALONE. SHE TOLD ME JUST BEFORE HE DIED THAT HER SON, JORDAN MELTON, TOLD HER HE FELT CALLED BY GOD TO HELP MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE HEADED DOWN THE WRONG PATH, AND SHE IS CONTINUING HIS WISH TO DO THAT. SHE HAS LAUNCHED AN ANNUAL EVENT IN HER SON’S HONOR AIMED AT COMBATING GUN VIOLENCE. THE SECOND ANNUAL JORDAN MELTON SAFETY SUMMIT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY AT THE GADSDEN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BRITTANY. LISA, THANKS SO MUCH AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW THIS CASE VERY CLOSELY FOR YOU. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE LATEST DETAILS IN THIS CASE AND ALL OF THEM AGAINST DAMIEN MCDANIEL ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO ON OUR FREE �������� 13 APP. ONCE AUTHORITIES DO GIVE US AN