Key takeaways:
- Daniel P. Watson, 28, has been arrested and charged with four counts of murder in shootings across two Alabama counties.
- The victims in St. Clair County have been identified as Amber L. Manning, 37, and Timothy R. Davidson, 62.
- The victims in Jefferson County were found dead in a car Monday night in the Ensley neighborhood and have not been identified.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged with four counts of murder in shootings across two Alabama counties.
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Daniel P. Watson of Pell City was booked into the St. Clair County Jail in Ashville for one count of capital murder and one count of murder with a gun. Watson is also suspected of killing two people in Birmingham, Officer Truman Fitzgerald, a spokesman for the Birmingham Police Department, confirmed.
The sheriff’s office identified the two victims in St. Clair County as Amber L. Manning, 37, and Timothy R. Davidson, 62, of Ragland, a town in the St. Clair jurisdiction.
The Birmingham Police Department said in a statement that the two victims in Jefferson County were found dead in a car Monday night in the Ensley neighborhood. The victims have not been identified.
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office said that Watson is being held at the St. Clair County Detention Center on murder charges. It is unclear if Watson has an attorney.
The investigation into the shootings is ongoing. Authorities have not released any further information about the motive or the circumstances surrounding the shootings.
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