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Auburn Shooting Suspect Surrenders

Desmonte Leonard faces three capital murder charges

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 12, 2012 11:16 PM CDT | Updated Jun 13, 2012 3:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – The man suspected of a triple murder near Alabama's Auburn University has surrendered to federal agents after a three-day manhunt. Desmonte Leonard, 22, has been charged with three counts of capital murder and two counts of assault in the shooting that left three people dead—including two former Auburn football players—and three people injured, ABC reports.

"You can run for only so long. It's a psychological thing," said Auburn's police chief. "I hope the pressure we put on helped him turn himself in." The chief believes Leonard's mother may have finally persuaded her son to surrender to authorities, reports the Birmingham News. Two people suspected of helping Leonard hide from police have been charged with hindering prosecution.

Desmonte Leonard, 22, of Montgomery, Ala., may have surrendered at the urging of his mom, said police.
Desmonte Leonard, 22, of Montgomery, Ala., may have surrendered at the urging of his mom, said police.   (AP Photo/Auburn Police Division)
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shaboom
Jun 13, 2012 7:01 AM CDT
A better outcome would have been for Desmonte to die in a hail of gunfire.
pg13
Jun 13, 2012 5:04 AM CDT
Nice police work there, captain.   Take credit for him turning himself in, after you about destroyed the wrong house looking for him. "I hope the pressure we put on helped him turn himself in."    Otherwise you'd look like a fool.
cheongyei
Jun 13, 2012 1:42 AM CDT
And where are Øbyango, Jackson and Sharpton concerning this 'black-on-black' crime??  They pretend to care about blacks being killed, but only when they are killed by non-blacks, they show up to make headlines.  They do NOTHING when a brothah kills anothah brothah.  Phonies, all of them.  And yet blacks see them as black leaders.  Laughable.
 

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