Austin Drummond, who is accused of killing four members of a family and leaving their baby alive, abandoning it in a stranger’s yard in Tiptonville, Tennessee, was captured by police Tuesday morning in Jackson, following a multi-day manhunt that triggered urgent shelter-in-place warnings and a nationwide alert.The Jackson Police Department confirmed Drummond’s capture shortly after issuing lockdown alerts for two areas in the city. Authorities had earlier released surveillance footage showing Drummond, 28, armed with a rifle and attempting to enter a local church building around 11 pm Sunday.Stephanie Graham, public information officer for the Jackson Police Department, told Fox News the confirmed sighting, captured on video, were from a church in the 700 block of Pipkin Road. Police had warned that Drummond, 28, should be “considered armed and dangerous,” and the US marshals service increased the reward for information leading to his capture to $32,500. Their two rivers violent fugitive task force had joined the manhunt.“Our priority is finding Austin Drummond and helping deliver justice for the victims’ families,” US marshal Tyreece Miller said in a statement.Drummond is facing four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping, and multiple weapons offenses. The victims — James M Wilson, 21, Adrianna Williams, 20, Cortney Rose, 38, and Braydon Williams, 15 — were found dead in Tiptonville on July 30. Tiptonville is located about 125 miles north of Memphis.Authorities also revealed that the infant, found abandoned on the front lawn of a stranger’s home on July 29, is related to all four victims.As part of the ongoing investigation, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has arrested three people described as Drummond’s associates. Giovonte Thomas, 28, Tanaka Brown, 29, and Dearrah Sanders, 23, have been charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. Brown faces an additional count of tampering with evidence.
