The Jacksonville man sought in the weekend death of Nassau County Deputy Joshua Moyers has been caught, according to the Nassau County Emergency Management center.
Following a five-day manhunt in and around Callahan near where the 29-year-old deputy was mortally wounded early Friday, 35-year-old ex-Marine Patrick Rene McDowell was found, the agency's tweet announced just before 12:30 p.m.
"The fugitive murder suspect has been apprehended near Callahan," it said.
Various news agencies reported the capture occurred in a baseball field concession stand next to a Callahan school.
The deputy was shot during a 2:30 a.m. Friday traffic stop of a Chrysler minivan on Sandy Ford Road about 3 miles south of Callahan. The driver, next to a female passenger, shot Moyers in the face and back, Sheriff Bill Leeper said. A second deputy found Moyers wounded on the ground, while the abandoned minivan and the passenger were found nearby.
Moyers died Sunday, the Sheriff's Office said.
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