Brandon/Neshoba County MS - BOLO...Deaton in Custody in Kansas

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RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 28 year old, Alex Bridges Deaton, in connection to Friday’s suspicious death at Vineyards Apartments, and drive by shooting on Castlewood’s Blvd. On Friday around 4:20 p.m. the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office received a request to do a welfare check on a resident at Vineyards Apartments off of Vine Drive near Castlewood’s. A deputy along with a family member found a 30 year old female deceased inside the apartment. The deceased victim’s vehicle, a white 2012 GMC Acadia SUV was missing.

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Sheriff Bryan Bailey says Deaton is the victim’s boyfriend. He is being sought in connection to her missing vehicle, missing phone and the suspicious circumstances surrounding her death. missing vehicle Rankin County deputies also responded to a shooting on Castlewood’s Blvd around 5 AM, Friday morning. A woman told deputies she had been shot while jogging. During the investigation the victim stated that a white male with facial hair, driving a small white SUV, shot her from his driver’s window striking her in the thigh. Due to Deaton’s physical description, the description of the white SUV missing from the deceased victim, the proximity of the two incidents, and physical evidence collected at the Castlewood’s Boulevard shooting, Deaton is a suspect in both incidents. Warrants are being issued for Deaton and deputies are actively searching for him with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. The suspect is believed to be still driving a white 2012 GMC Acadia bearing Mississippi Nurses Foundation Tag Number F396 NF. Anyone with information that leads to arrest of Alex Bridges Deaton would be eligible for up to a $2,500 reward.

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RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) — The reward for information that could help law enforcement officers find Alex Bridges Deaton has increased to a total of $30,000.

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey said PriorityOne Bank pledged $2,500 in reward money. Initially Crime Stoppers offered $2,500. Since then the Rankin County Board of Supervisors has offered $5,000 and the FBI has offered $20,000.

Deaton is considered armed and extremely dangerous.

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Law enforcement officers said Deaton was last seen in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area Saturday morning.

Sheriff Bailey said Deaton may still be in Robinson’s SUV, which is a 2012 GMC Acadia that has the license plate F396 NF.

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