JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The suspect in a pair of deadly shootings hours apart has been arrested after he walked into a Missouri police station covered in blood.
Jefferson City police said in a news release that the man implicated himself in both killings.
The first left a 17-year-old dead and was reported around 6 p.m. Thursday inside a home. Witnesses reported seeing a man dressed in dark clothing running from the scene, but officers were unable to find him.
Police say officers then responded around 8:45 p.m. Thursday to the scene of another shooting just a few miles away. That’s where they found a woman dead in the road with her car missing.
Police are recommending first-degree murder charges. The victims’ names and the motive weren’t immediately released.
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