Suspect in Mississippi, New Mexico crimes arrested in Kansas
(AP) — Authorities arrested a man Wednesday suspected of shooting a Kansas convenience store clerk and kidnapping two hikers in New Mexico while on the run after his girlfriend was killed and a jogger was shot in Mississippi.
Alex Bridges Deaton, 28, was arrested after a chase and fiery crash near the town of Wilson, Kansas, about 80 miles from where the clerk was shot, according to a tweet from Kansas Highway Patrol trooper Tod Hileman.
The suspect ditched the vehicle before shooting the clerk and stealing another vehicle, according to Pratt County sheriff's officials in Kansas.
The chase resumed on Interstate 70 near the town of Dorrance, Kansas, when authorities tried to stop a vehicle matching the description of the one stolen from the convenience store's parking lot, Hileman said.