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‘Definition of a serial killer’: Man arrested in Celina killing also accused of 3 Dallas homicides, police say
Jeremy Harris, 31, is being held in the Ellis County jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Two Dallas County murder charges have been added to his booking records.
A Red Oak man accused of killing his former girlfriend’s father in Celina is also the suspect in a random shooting spree, including the deaths of a Dallas man in his car at a stoplight and a homeless man.
Jeremy Harris, 31, is being held in the Ellis County jail in lieu of $1 million bail. Two Dallas County murder charges have been added to his booking records.
Police officials said Harris is linked to at least one other shooting in Dallas and possibly others in other cities.
Investigators checked social media and looked at shootings in other cities to make the connection to Harris. Police said he did not know the victims in Dallas.
"I believe this is the definition of a serial killer. It's random," said Deputy Chief Reuben Ramirez.
Police Chief Reneé Hall held a news conference on the Dallas cases Friday morning.
On Wednesday morning, authorities responded to a fire at a home in Celina. Inside, firefighters
found the body of Blair Carter. Witnesses told police that they saw a man dressed in black running from the home and carrying an unknown object.
Police found Harris and a vehicle in Ellis County, where he was taken into custody Wednesday evening.
Around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, 36-year-old
Adam Gautreau was shot and killed while panhandling at the intersection of Empire Central Drive and North Stemmons Freeway. Police released video of a black Tahoe connected to the case.
About 30 minutes later, 57-year-old
Kenneth Hamilton was shot and killed at a stoplight as he drove home at South Beckley Avenue and Clarendon Drive. Surveillance video shows a black Tahoe pulled beside Hamilton’s car and then drive off.
Hamilton, a father, grandfather and husband, died at the hospital a short time later.
Police said Tuesday they believed
they had found the SUV but had not arrested anyone in connection with the shootings.
Harris is also a suspect in a shooting that occurred Monday in which a black SUV pulled up behind a man’s car on East Grand Avenue and began shooting. The driver of the car was injured, but survived, the shooting.
The shootings north of Dallas occurred Tuesday, Nov. 17, Dallas police said. Carter was killed in Celina the next day.