The Clinton plumber has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder in connection with four shootings since July in the same area, including a Boy Scout employee who was killed last Monday near the camp where he worked. Greg Phares, chief deputy for the sheriff's office, said Tuesday that he couldn't disclose any additional details of the investigation. Sheriff Jeff Travis has said Sharpe confessed when investigators questioned him after his arrest, but the sheriff declined last week to say how authorities identified Sharpe as a suspect.

They tried to pull him over but he led them on a high-speed car chase that eventually ended with his arrest, authorities said. The calls immediately led investigators to Sharpe's home in Clinton, where officers saw him drive away in a white four-door Nissan Altima. However, Sharpe later called them back and once again identified himself as the shooter they were seeking, the official said. Ryan Sharpe, 36, wasn't a suspect in the shootings until he called the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office last Wednesday and identified himself as the killer, said the official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.Īfter the call ended, the sheriff's office called Sharpe again but he didn't answer, according to the official. Confession: Ryan Sharpe, 36, was arrested in connection to three shootings in Louisiana after he called police and confessedĪ suspected serial killer was arrested in Louisiana last week after he called a sheriff's office and claimed responsibility for a string of shootings that killed three men and wounded a fourth, according to a law enforcement official.

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