Manhunt Ends With Fugitive Shot, Captured

Authorities said a suspect in a possible Colorado homicide who led police on a massive manhunt before taking several people hostage at a home in eastern Kansas has been apprehended.

At a news conference Saturday police said that the suspect was shot by law enforcement and taken to a hospital.

Authorities had been looking for Jesse Dennis Dimmick because he may be connected to a possible homicide in Aurora, Colorado.

CBS Affiliate WIBW reports that a man was found beaten to death in a hotel room there on Thursday morning.

WIBW also reports that, in addition to the Colorado homicide investigation, Dimmick is wanted in North Carolina, Louisiana and Colorado on multiple felonies, namely burglary.

Dimmick was the focus of a massive manhunt that started at around 2:30 a.m. Friday when a Geary County Sheriff's Deputy tried to pull over the driver of a pickup for a traffic violation on I-70. The suspect took off and the deputy pursued. The suspect went off the interstate and onto county roads, eventually wrecking the vehicle. He then fled.

The Sheriff's Office said the vehicle the suspect (believed to be Dimmick) was driving was reported stolen from Greeley, Colo.

Authorities said evidence at the scene suggested a second person might have been in the vehicle with Dimmick, but they do not have a description of who that person might be.

Geary County Undersheriff Carlos Roman said authorities again pursued Dimmick in another stolen vehicle Saturday morning.

A witness told WIBW that he saw Dimmick driving a purple van away from police. He said his tire blew out; Dimmick abandoned the vehicle and started running.

Dimmick then entered a house where, police said, he held a couple captive for hours before falling asleep. The couple escaped unharmed.

Topeka Police Capt. Jerry Stanley said that authorities then stormed the house, where they confronted the man. The suspect was shot, but his injuries were not life-threatening.