How a man wanted for homeless killings in 2 U.S. cities got caught
CTV
A man wanted for shooting homeless men in two U.S. cities was caught after a series of events that was triggered when a detective from one of the cities saw a post on social media about news from the other city.
Kentish, who still stayed up to date with news from his home state, saw footage that New York City police had released of a person of interest wanted in connection with the shootings of two homeless individuals there, one of whom was killed.
In D.C., Kentish and his team were investigating a March 9 killing of a homeless person. The detective flagged the photos to his colleagues, and they reached out to New York and federal law enforcement agencies and began comparing evidence, including shell casings left behind at the scenes.
"Our partners at the ATF tested our evidence that was recovered, they tested the evidence that was recovered in New York and we got a hit," Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said. They were looking for the same person.
D.C. authorities tied two more local shootings to the suspect. Leaders from both cities held a joint news conference Monday and appealed to the public for help in identifying the suspect. An anonymous tip helped lead to his identity.
