Manhunt suspect in SC, Missouri killings taken into custody, Chester sheriff says
Police in South Carolina have caught a manhunt suspect wanted in connection with a deadly crime spree in South Carolina and Missouri that left four people dead and others injured, officials said Monday.
Tyler Donnet Terry, 26, was taken into custody around 10 a.m. in Chester County, said Grant Suskin, spokesman for the Chester County Sheriff’s office.
Neither Terry nor law enforcement officers were injured in the capture, Suskin said.
Other law enforcement officials with Chester County and York County agencies who were assisting in the search confirmed to The Herald that Terry had been captured.
Terry was caught near the small town of Richburg near Interstate 77, officials said.
Officials said through Monday more than 300 officers were positioned around Terry in the Richburg area after a confirmed sighting. Several roads, including S.C. 9, remain closed.
Several roads were shut down during the search.
Terry’s shooting spree began on May 2 when he shot two people in Chester County and killed a man in York, according to investigators. Missouri police suspect Terry was involved with the killing of a doctor and one other person on May 15. Missouri police said that Terry’s vehicle was near the scene.
Police from Chester County, York County, state and federal agents from the FBI, ATF and Homeland Security had been searching for Terry since early Tuesday morning after he fled during a police chase.
Wednesday night, Terry was seen on video at a Chester business where he stole a gun, clothes and other items, police said. He’s continued to evade capture.
The driver in the police chase, Adrienne Simpson, 34, was caught after the chase and remains in jail.
Charged in two murders, suspect in two others and shootings
Terry is charged with murder in the May 2 shooting death of Thomas Hardin in York. Simpson is charged with accessory to murder in that case.
Terry and Simpson are also charged in two separate shootings in Chester on May 2. One incident happened on Ehrlich Street and the other at the Taco Bell on J.A. Cochran Bypass.
Terry and Simpson are both suspects in May 15 murders near St. Louis. A male doctor and a woman were shot and killed in separate incidents an hour apart in Brentwood and University City, Missouri, which are suburbs of St. Louis, police said. The shootings happened after robberies and police in Missouri called Terry and Simpson, “a modern day Bonnie and Clyde.”
After last Tuesday’s police chase, Terry was charged with attempted murder after he allegedly shot at three Chester deputies who tried to pull the car over. Deputies returned fire, but Terry and Simpson were not hurt. The deputies were not hit by the gunfire.
Terry and Simpson were both charged with murder Friday after Simpson’s husband, Eugene Simpson, was found shot to death by South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents in a Chester County ditch Wednesday night.
Sightings, lockdowns all week
Several Chester and York County schools were under lockdown Tuesday and Wednesday after sightings of Terry.
The FBI, York County Crimestoppers, and Midlands Crimestoppers have offered a combined $12,000 reward for information that leads to Terry’s capture.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
