A manhunt for an individual that authorities said went on a shooting spree in three states last week ended Monday with his arrest in South Dakota.
The shooting in Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia killed two people and injured three others.
Timothy Sargent, 41, was caught near Sioux Falls after a short hunt, Indiana State Police said.
He was with Savanna Emich, 20, who was also seized.
Timothy Sargent, 41, and Savanna Emich, 20
(Indiana State Police)
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Akron police said Sargent was wanted for shooting and wounding a man Monday in a homeless camp on the Towpath Trail, Cleveland.com reported.
He was also suspected by Akron police of fatal shooting of 22-year-old Rebecca Tomlinson on Tuesday.
West Virginia police want Sargent in the shooting death on Wednesday of a 62-year-old man on a highway in Milton.
Indiana troopers said he and Emich were persons of interest in a road shooting in rural Harrison County that took place Wednesday night.
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The victims were a Kentucky man and his wife who were on their way home after walking with their 16-year-old daughter, according to reports.
Troopers believe Sargent shot the couple after he flashed his high beams on her car and pulled the man.
He and his wife were shot and he received life-threatening wounds, the troopers said. The toe, which was sitting on the back seat, did not hurt.
After the shooting, troopers said Sargent and Emich stopped in a cornfield and locked the car they were in and stole a pickup truck from a nearby house.
The manhunt involved a task force from the U.S. Marshals Service, Cleveland.com reported.
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“The task force here in Ohio worked round the clock with its local partners and law enforcement across the country to locate and arrest these few violent individuals,” said U.S. Marshal Pete Elliott.
