South Dakota police have arrested a man and a woman suspected of carrying out a series of shootings in Ohio, West Virginia, and Indiana, killing two people and injuring three to set off a week-long manhunt.

Timothy Sargent, 42, of Akron, Ohio, was taken into custody by state troopers Monday, near Sioux Falls. A second suspect, Savannah Emich, 20, who had been on the run with Sargent, was also arrested, according to the Northern Ohio Fugitive Task Force.

"The task force here in Ohio worked around the clock with its local partners and law enforcement across the county to locate and apprehend this pair of violent individuals," Marshal Pete Elliott, said in a statement.

Sargent was being hunted by police on several charges including attempted murder, felonious assault, and multiple firearms violations.

The Marshal’s office informed, Sargent allegedly shot and injured a man multiple times near the Towpath Trail in Akron on Aug. 17. The victim was living at a homeless campsite on the trail and was acquainted with Sargent. He is also suspected of fatally shooting his girlfriend, Rebecca Tomlinson, 22, the following day after her body was discovered near a set of railroad tracks in Akron. He was also a suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred on the morning of Aug. 19 in Milton, West Virginia, according to Dakota News Now.

Indiana State Police officials said they found a family of three inside a crashed vehicle at the tree line on a road in Harrison County. Cops found a man in the driver’s seat with several gunshot wounds and a woman in the passenger seat who was also injured. Another woman, who was in the backseat, escaped unharmed. The victims were declared in stable condition later, according to WKYC-TV.

Emich’s role in these shootings remains unclear, while several law enforcement authorities said she was traveling with Sargent. The motive for the rampage is under investigation. Sargent and Emich are expected to be sent back to Ohio.

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