A cross-country run from the law came to an abrupt halt Monday evening when federal marshals cornered a juvenile wanted for murder inside a quiet northern plains apartment complex.
The arrest capped a multi-state manhunt that began a week earlier in the suburbs of Dallas. According to investigators, the youth opened fire during an argument at a party in the early morning hours of Oct. 25 in Arlington, Texas, killing the victim before vanishing into the night.
Five days later, on Oct. 30, Tarrant County authorities issued a warrant for murder. By then, the trail had already led north: investigators learned the suspect had slipped across state lines, heading more than 900 miles away to stay with relatives in Aberdeen, South Dakota…