The alleged shooter 20-year-old Terry Dewayne Powell of Mansfield was taken into custody around 1 p.m.Â
Mansfield police and DeSoto sheriff s deputies had been searching the city for Powell for hours before finding him hiding out in an abandoned apartment on Kennedy Street. He was taken into custody without incident, Sheriff Jayson Richardson said.Â
Powell is charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.Â
The victim is identified as 75-year-old Lynda Palmer of Mansfield. Palmer had worked in assorted retail businesses and at one time was the general manager of Zales in Shreveport. Her late husband, Joe Palmer, was a longtime educator in the school system.Â