A fugitive wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Tennessee this year was captured Monday after he fell through the ceiling of the Memphis home where he was hiding, federal authorities said.
Deario Wilkerson, 20, who was uninjured, was taken into custody without incident on charges of first-degree murder and reckless endangerment-deadly weapon in connection with the killing of Troy Cunningham northeast of downtown Memphis on April 2, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release.
An agency task force had tracked Wilkerson to the home and surrounded it when he tried to hide in the attic, the release said.
Wilkerson was one of three suspects identified in Cunningham’s killing, which the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office said occurred after the suspects stole Cunningham’s gun and fired it at him.
Cunningham was shot in the back of his head as he tried to flee, the prosecutor’s office said in a news release.
The two other suspects have already been arrested and charged, the prosecutor’s office said. An arrest warrant for Wilkerson was issued in May.
It wasn’t clear Tuesday whether Wilkerson has a lawyer to speak on his behalf. Court records didn’t list one.
