A suspect has been charged in a New Year’s Day shooting that left a 23-year-old man dead.

Cornelius Dontae Houston, 30, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of Nathaniel Ladell Young.

Houston is also charged with three counts of attempted murder for wounding a second victim who survived, and for shots fired at a third person who was in the vehicle but not injured.

Additionally, police say, Houston fired at a Birmingham police officer who was on patrol in the area the time.

The police department’s Crime Reduction Team and the U.S. Marshal’s Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force took the suspect into custody Thursday in the 1800 block of 15th Avenue North, said Sgt. LaQuitta Wade.

He will be held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail.

A motive in Young’s fatal shooting has not been released. The charge is a capital crime because Young was inside a vehicle when he was killed.

The ordeal began in the predawn hours of New Year’s Day.

A Birmingham police officer and the officer’s K-9 partner were on patrol as part of a New Year’s Eve crackdown on celebratory gunfire, exhibition driving and other crimes.

They were patrolling near Center Street and Graymont Avenue about 2:20 a.m. when the officer heard shots fired and believed they came from a nearby vehicle.

The officer got behind the suspect’s vehicle near the 100 Block of Graymont West. The suspect then fired multiple shots and the officer returned fire.

The suspect fled the area and eluded capture.

No one was injured, but the shots did damage the police cruiser.

Birmingham 911 dispatchers issued a Max Emergency call over the police radio.

Responding officers were flagged down in the 500 Block of Center Street on a report of two people shot. Officers then saw two men who were inside a vehicle suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue rushed both victims to UAB Hospital, where Young died on Friday, Jan. 2.

Young was a graduate of Garndendale High School. According to his obituary, he went on to play collegieate football as a linebacker at Alabama State.

“Nathaniel’s vibrant personality and infectious laughter had a unique way of brightening any room,‘’ the obituary read.