A man suspected of gunning down three people in the past 5 1/2 months was captured after an officer acting on a hunch flushed him from a supposedly vacant home.
Alis Ben Johns, 36, was captured Monday night after Bill Swineburg of the Missouri State Water Patrol and a partner noticed a recently broken window at the home near Warsaw, about 85 miles southeast of Kansas City.Johns emerged using his girl-friend as a shield with a gun to her head. While one officer talked to Johns, another shot him in the abdomen, officials said.
He was hospitalized in critical condition; the woman was not hurt.
Johns, 36, is suspected of killing three people across southern Missouri: Tommy Stewart, 32, last October; farmer Leonard Voyles, 69, on Feb. 28; and Wilma Bragg, 57, in early March.
Johns had not been seen since March 29, but authorities zeroed in on the Warsaw area after a reported sighting last week.