JOHNSTON COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) -Two were arrested in Texoma late on Monday night in connection with a murder investigation that spanned across the state of Texas, and ended in Johnston County.
According to a press release from the Sabine County Sheriff’s office in East Texas, the incident started on Sunday, when deputies responded to a call about a shooting incident. They were told by witnesses that 36 year-old Todd Stevens shot at a man who is believed to be 43 year-old Cody Thompson, before Stevens fled the scene inside of Thompson’s pickup truck while Thompson was still inside.
A later press release published by the Johnston County Sheriff’s Monday night details how law enforcement managed to track Stevens down. A truck matching the description of Thompson’s vehicle was found by the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, after having caught fire underneath the Trinity River Bridge east of Houston. Authorities say that inside the vehicle were burnt human remains with injuries consistent with the victim having been shot.
After combining forces in the following investigation, deputies with the Chambers and Sabine departments were led to believe that Stevens had fled toward Johnston County, Oklahoma, and reached out to the sheriff’s department for help Monday evening.
While on the way to a house in Tishomingo believed to be where Stevens could be hiding at, the Johnston County Sheriff’s office says they were contacted by authorities in Sherman about a possible co-conspirator having been arrested, after they admitted to taking Stevens to a house in northern Tishomingo.
By the time Johnston County Deputies arrived at the house, they placed five people in investigative detention as they searched surrounding areas. Authorities found Stevens hiding under a bed just before 8 p.m. Monday. Those five people were released after giving statements, and Stevens was taken into the Johnston County Jail. He is set to be taken back to Sabine County where he will face charges, and is expected to face charges from Chambers County as well.
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