Authorities: Iowa slaying suspect captured at Illinois hotel
Posted March 27, 2020 7:00 am
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A suspect in the Iowa slaying of a 27-year-old man has been captured in Illinois, authorities said.
Todd Jenkins, 24, was spotted at a hotel in Aurora, Illinois, and then arrested Thursday as he tried to flee officers.
He faces charges of first-degree murder and going armed with intent in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Court records don't list the name of an attorney who could comment for Jenkins.
A criminal complaint says he drove Oct. 30 from Davenport to Cedar Rapids and, outside his former girlfriend's apartment, confronted Reginald Ward Jr. Jenkins chased Ward and the woman in their vehicle, police said, and then fatally shot Ward at a convenience store.
Ward lived in Moline, Illinois, authorities have said.
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