A 28-year-old man is suspected of killing 4 individuals in shootings throughout two Alabama counties that started Monday evening, authorities mentioned.
Daniel P. Watson of Pell Metropolis was booked into the St. Clair County Jail in Ashville for one depend of capital homicide and one depend of homicide with a gun, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch. The sheriff’s workplace recognized the victims as Amber L. Manning and Timothy R. Davidson.
It mentioned Watson was additionally being detained in reference to two homicides that unfolded in Birmingham in Jefferson County, roughly 35 miles away, on Monday evening.
Birmingham Police Division Officer Truman Fitzgerald mentioned in a video assertion that Watson had confessed to the killings in Birmingham after being taken into custody at round 6 a.m. native time Tuesday in reference to the St. Clair County capturing.
Following the confession, officers in Birmingham situated two victims, a girl and a person who appeared to have died of gunshot wounds, at a neighborhood residence, he mentioned.
Fitzgerald mentioned investigators believed Watson had carried out the capturing in Birmingham earlier than touring to St. Clair County and fatally capturing Manning and Davidson.
Authorities had been nonetheless working to ascertain a motive within the killings, Fitzgerald mentioned. Nonetheless, he mentioned it appeared that Watson knew a minimum of a number of the victims. His connection to these victims was not instantly clear.
It was not instantly clear whether or not Watson has an legal professional who might communicate on his behalf.
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