A young man with more than a half dozen criminal charges already pending was arrested today in the weekend shooting death of a disabled man in Woodlawn.

Jaquann Brown, 21, is charged with murder in the Saturday slaying of 28-year-old Horacio Cooks of Leeds. Cooks was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds in Birmingham's Woodlawn community late Saturday afternoon.

Birmingham police received a report of a shooting at around 4 p.m. near the corner of 61st Street North and 1st Court North behind the Sky. Cooks was lying on the grass outside an abandoned house. Police said he was disabled in that he was missing one leg.

Authorities said Cooks was seen earlier on Saturday in the company of a white woman and two black men. Witnesses told police the victim, later identified as Cooks, was the woman's pimp, and they were both known to live in abandoned houses in the neighborhood.

"It was only a matter of time before the person responsible would be brought to justice,'' said Birmingham police spokesman Lt. Sean Edwards. "Less than 72 hours later, the suspect is captured."

"This is evidence of the commitment and dedication officers have to fighting crime,'' he said. "Thanks to the efforts of the hard-working homicide detectives and the CRT (Crime Reduction Team) members that swiftly brought this suspect to justice. The swift capture also speaks to the importance of partnerships between police and community."

Brown is being held on $100,000 bond. Court records show he has already been arrested in 2016 on charges of receiving stolen property, possession of drug paraphernalia and carrying a pistol without a license. He was charged in 2014 with attempting to elude law enforcement officers, having a pistol in his vehicle and reckless endangerment.