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Police arrest man suspected of deadly Ferguson shooting of Mayor Tishaura Jones' cousin, another woman

Ferguson police said the man was taken into custody in St. Louis

FERGUSON, Mo. — The man suspected of killed two women in Ferguson Saturday night was taken into custody Tuesday.

A press release from the Ferguson Police Department said the man was arrested Tuesday in the city of St. Louis. The investigation remains ongoing, and the department plans to file for charges.

On Monday, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones said one of the victims in the shooting was her 27-year-old cousin.

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In a press release, the police department said the incident started as an argument outside the home on Meadowcrest Drive at around 7 p.m. They said one woman showed up at the house to confront someone who lived there, and two other women arrived a short time later.

A family member of the person who lived at the home tried to intervene, but one of the women assaulted the family member. The three women then forced their way into the home. Two of them began destroying things inside the home and the third was flourishing a gun.

When the family member came back into the house, he shot at the woman who was flourishing the gun. The gunfire hit the armed woman and another woman, killing both of them.

Police said the man then drove off before officers could arrive. Police said he was last seen driving a black, two-door Cadillac sedan.

Police said they would not have been able to take him into custody "without the assistance of the community and our law enforcement partners."

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