Kansas City, MO – A man was arrested in Independence, Missouri on Friday, accused of having killed six people, including two recently at an apartment tower in Kansas City, KS.
According to KSDK-TV in Saint Louis, Perez Reed is believed to have killed six people and is responsible for several shootings in Saint Louis. And he's believed to be the suspect in the killings at the Wyandotte Towers in KCK where Damon Irvin, 35, was discovered dead with gunshot wounds on Nov. 1. The body of Rau’Daja Fairrow, 25, was found the next day.
It's reported that he used the same gun in all the crimes, however KCK police have not said how the two people died at the Wyandotte Towers.
KSDK said Reed was arrested last Friday in Independence, Mo. as he boarded a Greyhound bus.
The case came together after KCK police called St. Louis police following two murders there in late October in which a man and a woman were found shot to death in separate apartments in the same complex.
Police then connected the suspect’s cellphone to an Amtrak ticket the suspect bought to bring him back to St. Louis from Kansas City. FBI agents followed him onto a train, according to the sources.
Court records show the man’s wife filed for divorce in Jackson Co., Missouri, in July, and currently lives in Kansas City, Kansas. A court hearing is scheduled for early December.
His criminal history includes an assault charge in 2019 and a reckless driving charge in Charlack in 2015.
Police said his victims likely didn't know him and no motive has been released.
A news conference is set for Monday afternoon.