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Teen facing 2 murder charges now arrested in fatal shooting at Birmingham Airbnb


Teen facing 2 murder charges now arrested in fatal shooting at Birmingham Airbnb

Two suspects have been charged in a fatal shooting at a Birmingham Airbnb, including a teen who is already charged in two other murders.

Cameron Scales, 19, and Daveon Dortch, 20, are charged with capital murder in the 2024 slaying of 21-year-old Phong "Timmy" Nguyen.

Scales, whose sister Anitra Holloman was killed in the Hush lounge mass shooting, is among three people charged with capital murder in June 2024 slaying on First Avenue North near East Lake Park and the May 2024 shooting of a teen outside his family's west Birmingham home.

Scales' mother previously told AL.com he is innocent.

Nguyen was killed March 3, 2024. West Precinct officers were dispatched at 2:35 a.m. to a report of a person shot in the 900 block of Dugan Avenue.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said police entered the house and found Nguyen unresponsive inside. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced him dead on the scene.

The house where the shooting happened was a short-term rental Airbnb. There was a party or gathering being held there when someone fired shots.

A motive has not been disclosed.

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the warrants against Scales and Dortch were issued Tuesday.

Scales is already being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail because of his previous murder charges.

The U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force and Birmingham officers arrested Dortch in Atlanta. He is awaiting extradition.

"This shows that you will be sought no matter where you are," Interim Police Chief Michael Pickett said.

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