Man shot and killed woman, then is caught 1,000 miles away months later, WA cops say
A 19-year-old man was found over a 1,000 miles away after police said he shot and killed a woman in Washington months ago.
Cougar L. Devereaux Jr. was arrested March 18 in Greeley, Colorado, the Spokane Police Department said in a Facebook post.
Devereaux is accused of fatally shooting 19-year-old Maria Kapustin in the torso July 7 in Spokane, according to police and the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Authorities said they responded that day to a “possible drive-by shooting” and found Kapustin with a gunshot wound.
Devereaux had fled the scene but was later identified as a suspect in her death, police said.
An arrest warrant for murder was issued for the man, and investigators learned he fled to another state, police said.
He was found eight months later with the help of multiple agencies and will be extradited to Washington, police said.
