A fugitive wanted in connection with two killings in Mississippi and a string of shootings was finally caught in Kansas Wednesday after he jumped across state lines to stay one step ahead of the law, investigators told the Clarion-Ledger.
(FOX)- Deaton, 28, was linked to two homicides and an additional shooting in Mississippi, a shooting, carjacking and kidnapping in New Mexico and a carjacking and shooting in Kansas.
The reward for information leading to Deaton’s arrest was raised to $30,000 yesterday.
Deaton, 28, was believed to have stolen a couple’s car in New Mexico earlier this week before driving to Kansas where he allegedly shot a store clerk and stole his car, the Clarion-Ledger reports.
Deaton supposedly came out of a wooded area and approached a couple in a 2001 Honda sedan that was parked in a hiking trail parking lot in New Mexico. He held them at gunpoint and a struggle to escape ensued, investigators said.
The man tried to get away and Deaton fired shots, shooting the man in the buttocks and grazed the woman with bullets, police said. Deaton drove away with the woman still in the car, but she managed to escape.
Both victims identified Deaton as the suspect in this carjacking, according to authorities.