Kendallville homicide fugitive caught in southeast Ohio
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KENDALLVILLE, Ind. (Fort Wayne s NBC) Police in southeast Ohio arrested a fugitive wanted for shooting three people earlier this week in a Kendallville gas station.
24-year-old Matthew Rodriguez is behind bars at the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail, after a police officer in Athens, Ohio spotted Rodriguez s sister s 2010 red Kia Forte at a rest stop early Wednesday morning.
Kendallville police sent bulletins about the car to departments across the Midwest after naming him a suspect in Monday morning s triple shooting at Gallops Party Store and gas station.
Noble County court documents say Justin Smead died inside the convenience store after being shot several times, while Blake Lewis and Alyssa Jeffries were critically wounded.