A Tennessee man needed for suspected homicide was captured by U.S. marshals Monday after he crashed by the ceiling from a house’s attic the place he was hiding, ending a monthslong manhunt, authorities stated.
Deario Wilkerson, 20, was taken into custody on suspicion of first-degree homicide and reckless endangerment with a lethal weapon after the officers tracked him all the way down to the Memphis property, the U.S. Marshals Service stated in a launch.
Wilkerson was not injured within the fall and was taken into custody with out additional incident, authorities stated.
U.S. Marshals Service, Memphis
Wilkerson was the final of three folks needed for the April 2 taking pictures dying of Troy Cunningham.
Cunningham, 27, was fatally shot behind his head whereas working away from three individuals who witnesses stated have been making an attempt to steal his gun outdoors an house complicated, in response to native station Fox 13 Memphis.
A passerby additionally sustained a nonfatal gunshot wound to the shoulder after a automobile she was driving in with one other lady was hit by the suspects’ gunfire, the Shelby County district lawyer’s workplace beforehand stated.
Jarius Hibbler, who’s accused of robbing Cunningham after which taking pictures him as he ran away, was arrested in April and charged with first-degree homicide. TaMarius Barron, 19, was arrested in Could for first-degree homicide and reckless endangerment with a lethal weapon. Each males have been ordered held on separate $3 million bonds.
Wilkerson, who didn’t have an lawyer representing him listed in on-line information, has a courtroom date set for Thursday. He’s being held on a $6 million bond, in response to the Shelby County Jail.