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

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Authorities from Kiowa and Pratt County engaged in a pursuit involving a vehicle that had been reported stolen from a location in New Mexico.

The vehicle was later abandoned by the suspect, who ran to a convenience store located on the west side of Pratt. The suspect entered the store where he shot a clerk before stealing a vehicle from the parking lot.

The stolen vehicle is described as a black, Cadillac CTS bearing Kansas license plate 013JVR.

The suspect in this case has been tentatively identified as Alex Bridges Deaton. Deaton is wanted for a homicide occurring in Mississippi and a robbery and shooting in New Mexico.

Anyone who sees either the black Cadillac or Deaton is urged to contact law enforcement immediately. Deaton is deemed armed and extremely dangerous.

According to Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey, murder suspect, 28-year-old Alex Deaton, has been spotted near Albuquerque, New Mexico early Tuesday night.

According to our affiliate station KOB, around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night Deaton forced a couple into the trunk of the woman's car around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday near the La Luz Trailhead.

The couple escaped from the trunk but the male victim was shot. Deputies are saying he is in stable condition.

Deputies are saying that Deaton then held the woman at gunpoint and the two entered a nearby home. Deaton asked the people inside the home for keys to a van.

They complied, and Deaton and the woman drove off down Forest Road 333. According to deputies, at the intersection of Highway 556, the woman escaped the van and made her way to a Bernalillo County Fire Marshal in the area.

She had superficial wounds, was treated and has been released.

Deputies say Deaton made his way back to the scene of the kidnapping earlier and got inside the couple's car, a 2001 white Honda Accord with New Mexico license place MNF884.

Deaton was last seen driving northbound on Interstate 25 near Algodones.

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