The suspect, 29, was recently released from prison years before his maximum sentence was over despite another weapons conviction while behind bars.

Anthony Keith Russell, 29, is charged with murder in the killing of 35-year-old Brandon Montez McIlwain. Both men were from Birmingham.

There appears to be no connection between the shooter, the victim, or the location where it happened, sheriff Michael Bouchard told FOX 2 on Thursday. Instead, he called the random shooting an “incredibly violent rampage.