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 Escaped inmate William Morva, is escorted out of the Montgomery County magistrate’s office Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, in Christiansburg, Va. After a massive manhunt that shut down the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., on the first day of classes, police on Monday captured Morva, an escapee suspected in the slayings of a hospital guard and a sheriff’s deputy. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) |
BLACKSBURG, VA. - An escaped inmate suspected in two killings was in police custody yesterday, police said. The arrest of William Morva ended a manhunt that closed the Virginia Tech campus. Blacksburg Police Lieut. Joe Davis could not provide additional details on Morva’s arrest.
Morva, 24, is suspected in the fatal shooting of Montgomery County Sheriff’s Cpl. Eric Sutphin as the decorated police veteran moved in on the fugitive yesterday morning along an off-campus trail, the sheriff’s department said. The shooting came one day after Morva allegedly overpowered a sheriff’s deputy and killed an unarmed hospital security guard.
Sutphin was closing in on the fugitive yesterday morning along a trail off the university campus when he was fatally shot, the sheriff’s department said.
Officials cancelled yesterday’s first day of classes for the more than 25,000 students at Virginia Tech.
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