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A manhunt for an individual who officials said launched a shooting last week in three states ended with his arrest in South Dakota on Monday.
The shootings in Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia left two dead and three others injured.
Timothy Sargent, 41, was arrested near Sioux Falls after a brief chase, Indiana state police said.
He was with Savanna Emich, 20, who was also taken into custody.
Timothy Sargent, 41, and Savanna Emich, 20
(Indiana State Police)
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Akron Police said Sargent was wanted for shooting and injuring a man on Monday at a homeless camp near the tow trail, Cleveland.com reported.
He was also suspected by Akron police of killing 22-year-old Rebecca Tomlinson on Tuesday.
West Virginia State Police wanted Sargent in the shooting death on Wednesday of a 62-year-old man on a highway in Milton.
Soldiers from Indiana said he and Emich were people of interest in a roadside 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 hiking with their 16-year-old daughter, according to reports.
The soldiers believe Sargent shot the couple after flashing his high beam headlights on their vehicle and the man pulled over.
He and his wife were shot and suffered fatal injuries, the soldiers said. The teenager, who was in the back seat, was not injured.
After the shooting, soldiers said Sargent and Emich pulled up to a cornfield and abandoned the vehicle they were in and stole a pickup from a nearby house.
The manhunt involved a US Marshals Service task force, Cleveland.com reported.
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“The task force here in Ohio has been working around the clock with its local partners and law enforcement agencies across the country to locate and apprehend this couple of violent individuals,” said US Marshal Pete Elliott .
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