Birmingham nightclub’s business license under review after shooting, suspect identified

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]COMING UP IN YOUR FULL FORECAST.

[00:00:03]ALL RIGHT JORDAN.

[00:00:04]WELL, BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SET TO MEET TOMORROW TO CONSIDER REVOKING THE BUSINESS LICENSE OF A NIGHTCLUB IN LAKEVIEW.

[00:00:12]NANA FUNK’S CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT TOMORROW WE’LL SEE IF THEY COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP THEIR LICENSE AND REOPEN OR NOT.

[00:00:20]MICHAEL HIGDON JOINS US LIVE FROM 29TH STREET SOUTH TONIGHT.

[00:00:23]THIS COMES AFTER A SHOOTING THERE, MICHAEL.

[00:00:25]AND YOU’VE LEARNED NEW INFORMATION REGARDING THAT.

[00:00:30]POLICE SUSPECT THE VICTIM IN THIS SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED BACK ON APRIL THE 19TH TO RECOVER.

[00:00:35]THEY ALSO SAY TWO MEN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SUSPECTS IN THE SHOOTING.

[00:00:40]NOW, ONE OF THOSE MEN DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES.

[00:00:43]SO HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

[00:00:46]THE OTHER, THOUGH, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS DARIAN WILLIAMS.

[00:00:50]HE IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED MURDER.

[00:00:53]HE WAS ARRESTED ON APRIL 29TH, TEN DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING, AND WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL THE SAME DAY ON A $75,000 BOND FOR BOTH CHARGES.

[00:01:01]THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AROUND 3 A.M. THAT SUNDAY MORNING, AND CRIME SCENE TAPE COULD BE SEEN AROUND THE CLUB.

[00:01:07]AT THE TIME, WE JUST KNEW THAT ONE PERSON HAD BEEN SHOT AND ANOTHER GRAZED BY A BULLET, BUT POLICE HAD SAID THERE WAS NO SUSPECT AT THE TIME.

[00:01:15]EARLIER THIS MONTH, BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SCHEDULED A SHOW CAUSE HEARING FOR NANA FUNK’S TO DETERMINE WHETHER HIS BUSINESS LICENSE SHOULD BE REVOKED.

[00:01:23]THE CLUB WAS KNOWN FOR STAYING OPEN LATE UNTIL FIVE IN THE MORNING ON THE WEEKENDS, AND BIRMINGHAM POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO NEARLY A DOZEN CALLS CONNECTED TO THE CLUB.

[00:01:32]AND EVEN THOUGH MANAGEMENT HIRED ALL NEW SECURITY AFTER THE SHOOTING FIVE DAYS AGO, THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WERE CLOSING FOR GOOD AND THEIR LAST DAY WAS YESTERDAY.

[00:01:40]BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO MEET AT 930 TOMORROW MORNING TO DISCUSS REVOKING THE BUSINESS LICENSE.

[00:01:44]OF COURSE, WE WI