2016 Kansas–Missouri murder spree

The 2016 Kansas–Missouri murder spree was a March 2016 American mass shooting in which four men were shot in a killing spree in Kansas and another was shot, shortly afterward, in Missouri. Background: On the night of March 7, 2016, four men were shot to death with a shotgun in Kansas City, Kansas. One of them managed to call police about the shooting before dying. On the morning of March 8, 49-year-old Randy J. Nordman was shot to death in Montgomery County, Missouri, 170 mi (270 km) east of the site of the first shooting. A truck believed to have been driven by the suspect was found five miles away along Interstate 70, and a massive manhunt for him was launched. Two police helicopters and at least one SWAT team was involved in the search. Arrest and legal proceedings: On March 9, police in New Florence, Missouri, responded to reports of a man pulling a firearm on a civilian at a gas station. At 12:18 a.m., a suspect, who lived next door to the four initial victims, was found at a muddy hill alongside Interstate 70 and arrested by Missouri State Highway Patrol Sergeants Primm and McGinnis. No shots were fired despite him being armed. He was armed with a Kalashnikov rifle at the time of his arrest. He was charged with four counts of first-degree murder in Kansas and was jailed in Montgomery County, Missouri, with bail set at $2 million. The day following the arrest, he attempted suicide by cutting himself with a safety razor. He was admitted to a local hospital and was classified to be in stable condition. On June 1, the suspect pleaded not guilty to the Missouri killing. The death penalty was sought in that case. In September, his Missouri case was transferred by a Montgomery County judge to St. Louis, Missouri for trial. The suspect had previously been sentenced to two years in a California prison for making terroristic threats and had been deported from the U.S. in April 2004 in relation to that California charge, but had reentered illegally again at an unspecified time. On April 9, 2019, the suspect was found alone and unresponsive in his cell. He was taken to a hospital where he later was pronounced dead. Victims: Kansas: -Jeremy Waters, 36 -Michael Capps, 41 -Clint Harter, 27 -Austin Harter, 29 Missouri: -Randy Nordman, 49