Update 10/25/22:
According to Omaha Police, Gage Walter, a 27-year-old man accused of killing two older female relatives, was booked into the Douglas County jail on Tuesday afternoon at approximately 2 p.m. He was previously detained in Iowa and was extradited to Nebraska.
Update 8/22/22:
The suspect Omaha police believe is responsible for a double murder earlier this month near 16th and Frederick continues to be held in an Iowa jail.
Gage Walter faces several charges after he barricaded himself inside a church in Winterset after a police chase.
But a court document from Douglas County reveals he has a warrant out for two charges of first-degree murder and now a charge of attempted murder of a third person, as well as the use of a weapon to commit a felony.
It does say in the document that the weapon was not a gun.
Original story 8/14/22:
A suspect in a Nebraska double homicide was arrested after barricading himself inside an Iowa church alone on Sunday.
West Des Moines Police Sgt. Jason Heintz said 27-year-old Gage Walter of Omaha ultimately surrendered and was arrested after several hours of negotiating with authorities from inside the church in Winterset, Iowa.
Heintz said Walter fled when police tried to pull him over in West Des Moines Sunday morning and led officers on a chase for about 45 minutes before abandoning his vehicle and entering St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Walter is a suspect in the deaths of Marceline Teeters, 93, and Linda Walter, 70, whose bodies were found Saturday inside an Omaha home. Police called their deaths suspicious, but didn't release details of how they died. Investigators were searching for a car stolen from the home where the bodies were found.
Heintz said Walter faces charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and fleeing from police. He could also be charged with burglary for entering the church.
Detectives from Omaha planned to visit Iowa to investigate, Heintz said.
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