Marathon/Clark Counties (WQOW) - A homicide suspect is arrested in Clark County
after a chase.
20-year-old Lee Xiong was shot and
killed around 8:00 Saturday night in the Village of Weston.
That's in Marathon
County. Police say the
suspect, a 21-year-old man from Minnesota,
fled the scene in a black truck. It took several law enforcement agencies hours
to locate the suspect. He was eventually spotted in neighboring Clark County.
Police were called to the Aspen Pines
Apartments in Weston around eight o-clock. When first responders arrived on
scene they found the body of 20-year-old Lee Xiong. Police say it appeared she
had been shot. Authorities say the suspect had left the scene in a stolen black
ford truck. The truck was spotted several hours later in western Marathon County.
"Officers from, I believe,
Abbottsford ran the plate, saw the suspect vehicle, a chase did ensue," says
Everest Metro Police Chief Wally Sparks.
Police say that chase ended in Clark County.
The vehicle was ditched in a wooded
area, and the suspect fled on foot.
Marathon and Clark County
sheriff's deputies used K-9's to locate the suspect.
"They had set up a perimeter in
the area where the suspect was located and it's my understanding that they took
him into custody without incident," says Chief Sparks.
Police haven't yet released his name,
but say the suspect is a 21-year-old Asian male from the St.
Paul area in Minnesota.
He is currently being held in the Marathon
County jail.
"In our belief, he has already committed
a violent act resulting in a homicide," Chief Sparks says.
Authorities
say they plan to recommend charges of first degree intentional homicide.
Authorities
plan to release the man's name at a press conference tomorrow morning.
