SUSPECT IN MASS SHOOTINGS ARRESTED FOR MURDER OF FIREFIGHTER | BIRMINGHAM FIRE CHIEF ON GETTING ANSWERS | TIMELINE OF SHOOTINGS POLICE CONNECT TO MCDANIELJordan Melton's mother has been waiting to hear police had made an arrest in her son's murder for 19 long months.

Birmingham Firefighter Jordan Melton was gunned down as he and a colleague were conducting routine duties at Station 9.

Damien Laron McDaniel, 22, was already charged in the deaths of 11 other people in the mass shooting in Five Points South and the mass shooting at Trendsetters Lounge in 2024. Officials said it was one of the most violent cases in Birmingham.

Already charged in the deaths of 14 people, four of whom were killed in a mass shooting in downtown Birmingham late last year, Damien McDaniel has now been charged

Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 14 people in the Birmingham, Alabama, area, including firefighter Jordan Melton, who died after a gunman targeted him at work in July 2023.

The Police Department announced an arrest in the death of firefighter Jordan Melton Tuesday morning. A rift is emerging between the east and west of the EU over what to do with Russia's seized central bank reserves.

Jordan Melton's mother has been waiting to hear police had made an arrest in her son's murder for 19 long months. She said hearing that news now is bittersweet. And she wants to make sure people remember Jordan for who he was in life and not how he died.