‘Doesn’t make sense’: Former teammate shocked by Arizona murder suspect’s arrest

The Brief

  • Thomas Brown, 31, a former standout athlete and U.S. Army staff sergeant from St. Peter, Minnesota, was arrested and accused of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of Pandora Kjolsrud, 18, and Evan Clark, 17, who were killed during a camping trip to Mount Ord.
  • The arrest shocked Brown’s former teammate, while investigators say DNA was found inside the victims’ car and on bloody gloves linking him to the murders, despite his attorney claiming a lack of DNA evidence and Brown’s own Facebook posts placing him on Mount Ord the weekend of the killings.

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. The man arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Arcadia High School students has been identified as Thomas Brown, a 31-year-old Chandler resident.

What we know:

Brown, who grew up in the small town of St. Peter, Minnesota, is now accused of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder.

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