Officials were looking for a murder suspect. then he crashed through the ceiling
A fugitive wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Tennessee this year was captured Monday after he fell through the ceiling of the Memphis home where he was hiding, federal authorities said.
A fugitive wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Tennessee this year was captured Monday after he fell through the ceiling of the Memphis home where he was hiding, federal authorities said.
Deario Wilkerson, 20, who was uninjured, was taken into custody without incident on charges of first-degree murder and reckless endangerment-deadly weapon in connection with the killing of Troy Cunningham northeast of downtown Memphis on April 2, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release.
An agency task force had tracked Wilkerson to the home and surrounded it when he tried to hide in the attic, the release said.
A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting was arrested after he crashed through the ceiling of the home where he was hiding, authorities said. U.S. Marshals Service Memphis / via XWilkerson was one of three suspects identified in Cunningham’s killing, which the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office said occurred after the suspects stole Cunningham’s gun and fired it at him.
Cunningham was shot in the back of his head as he tried to flee, the prosecutor’s office said in a news release.
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