Police Have Charged A Man In Connection With A Series Of Shootings That Targeted Homeless People

Following a run of five shootings targeting homeless persons as they slept, police have apprehended and prosecuted a man.

Gerald Brevard III, 30, is accused of committing five attacks in nine days in both New York and Washington, DC.

Two of the men perished as a result of their actions. After being stabbed and shot, one man's tent was set on fire.

Mr Brevard was apprehended in Washington, DC on Tuesday, two days after a multi-state manhunt began. He was charged with first-degree murder and assault.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City stated the perpetrator had targeted those living on the streets with "no respect for life."

Mr. Brevard has a significant criminal past in Washington and the surrounding Virginia areas, and he is now on probation for assault and battery after pleading guilty.

The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., had broadcast surveillance video of a guy they wanted to talk with and offered a reward of up to $70,000 (£53,668) for information leading to his arrest and conviction.

The shootings were "particularly alarming for our residents experiencing homelessness," according to city mayor Muriel Bowser.

The "modus operandi" in each case, according to detectives, was the same.

Hours before his arrest, DC cops released updated pictures of a suspect.

On the 3rd and 8th of March, two men were shot in the middle of the night.

They were hurt, but they survived it.

A day later, emergency crews were called to a tent fire in the city, where they discovered a guy who had been fatally shot and stabbed inside.

In the early hours of the morning in Manhattan's Soho neighborhood, a masked suspect shot a man sleeping on a street.

According to authorities, the same person shot and murdered another man sleeping in Soho an hour later.

In a joint statement, Mayors Adams and Bowser said, "Homelessness should not be a homicide." "A cold-blooded killer is currently on the loose."