A manhunt is underway in Arkansas for a “very harmful” armed felon who is needed in reference to 4 killings throughout two states.
Stacy Drake, 50, has a warrant out for his arrest in Alabama for murder, and is suspected to have dedicated three different killings in Oklahoma.
At 7.50pm on Tuesday, Morrilton Police Division in Arkansas obtained a tip from state police a few stolen car parked at an area resort that had been noticed on the scene of a double homicide in Oklahoma.
Drake, initially from Phoenix, Arizona, was captured on footage from the resort’s car parking zone.
The resort was searched however Drake wasn’t discovered. Police have no idea whether or not the suspect was picked up in a car or left the realm on foot.
Drake is believed to be armed with a handgun and was described by authorities as “very harmful.” He’s round 5’11 and 185lbs.
Pictures supplied by police present Drake sporting a dark-colored shirt, flat cap and sun shades.
Anybody who has details about Drake’s whereabouts has been urged to contact the Morrilton Police Division.
Police in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma had requested assist from state authorities following a double murder in Gans. The our bodies of a person and a lady had been discovered inside a constructing close to a state freeway round 6.30pm on Monday.
The Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation mentioned each had accidents in step with murder. The victims had been transported to the health worker’s workplace for identification and to find out trigger and method of demise.
Drake was recognized by police as an individual of curiosity within the killings.
One sufferer within the Oklahoma double homicides was named by household as Taylor Sharp. In a social media submit, Sharp’s household urged folks to be cautious in the event that they encountered Drake.
A relative, Linda Biggs, posted on Fb: “My household wants prayers and we additionally need Justice for my nephew Taylor Sharp, he was one of many two murdered victims in Sequoyah County.
“Everyone be cautious for those who see the suspect Stacy Lee Drake he simply murdered another person in Morrilton and we don’t know which method he’s going, lock your doorways and be protected.”
Drake is a convicted felon with a sprawling rap sheet that features housebreaking, kidnapping, armed theft, and aggravated assault towards an officer.
He was sentenced to 22 years in 2010 after being convicted of carjacking; being a felon in possession of a firearm; and brandishing a firearm throughout the carjacking, in line with KSCB Information.
Drake was accused of threatening a person with a .45 caliber pistol as the person left a grocery retailer and stole his pockets, meals, and pink GMC truck. He was chased by police for eight miles earlier than he crashed the truck and was captured.
On the time, he was going through prosecution for a minimum of 4 different crimes in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Alabama, in line with the Tuscaloosa workplace of the FBI.
