The suspect charged in a weekend Alabama shooting that killed one and injured another is now charged in a second murder in Birmingham.
26-year-old Dmarcco Harris was charged Monday with murder in the murder of 25-year-old Roderick Mariachi Williams and attempted murder in the wounding of a second man. He a had a previous capital murder charge in the 2017 shooting death of a 2-year-old boy in Avondale against him dismissed
On Tuesday, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office charged Harris with murder in the April 24 shooting death of 40-year-old Urian Dion Woods, who was found in Marconi Park.
Harris, who made a Facebook Live video following Friday’s deadly shooting, remains held in the Jefferson County Jail with bonds totaling $2.2 million.
North Precinct officers were dispatched at 6:10 p.m. to the 2300 block of Seventh Avenue North on a report of a person shot. Police were then notified of a gunshot victim at Marconi Park in the 600 block of 25th Street North.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service responded to the park and transported Woods to UAB Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6:54 p.m.
Sgt. Rod Mauldin said the preliminary investigation suggested the victim was shot in the 2300 block of Seventh Ave. North and ran to the park where he collapsed.
Williams was killed Friday night in a 10:53 p.m. shooting in the 4200 of Second Avenue South. Officers found Williams lying unresponsive on a staircase at an apartment complex.
The second victim was found lying on a sidewalk.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the preliminary investigation revealed the two men got into an altercation with a third man before the shooting.
Harris was taken into custody a short time later.
Harris made a Facebook live video moments after the shooting in which he showed both of the victims.
“Hey, we got one down in South Avondale,’’ Harris said on the recording obtained “Look at this boy. They just tried to kill me. They’ve been trying to kill me for 10 years.”
Harris said in the video the dispute started while playing dice. “I blowed that (expletive) away,’’ he said in the video.
He claimed self-defense in the video and said there was a $20,000 “hit” on him. Investigators are looking into the possibility that the two homicides could be linked.
Harris was one of four young men charged in the 2017 shooting death of 2-year-old Ron’Narius “Duke” Austin, and the wounding of his mother, Shay Austin. They, along with two others, were riding in a vehicle on the way home from a family gathering when they were shot.
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