Authorities searching for man suspected in 5 fatal shootings
(AP) — Dozens of officers searched farmland in central Missouri on Tuesday for a man suspected of killing a person at a nearby house just hours after fatally shooting four others at his neighbor's home about 170 miles away in Kansas.
Two helicopters, police dogs and at least one SWAT team were helping look for Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino near New Florence, said Capt. John Hotz, a Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman.
Serrano-Vitorino, a Mexican national who had lived in Kansas City, Kansas, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder late Tuesday afternoon in the Kansas killings, authorities said.
About 25 minutes later, sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting about 5 miles away at a Montgomery County home along an I-70 outer road and found the body of 49-year-old occupant Randy J. Nordman, according to the patrol.
Highway Patrol Lt. Paul Reinsch said a witness who called 911 reported seeing a man running from Nordman's property, launching a manhunt of that area.
Al VanBebber, a 54-year-old mechanic who lives a few blocks away, said he knew at least one of the home's residents and described him as a "nice guy" whom he helped with car repairs and upgrades.