Police capture suspected serial killer in Texas

Police in the US state of Texas yesterday captured a man they described as a serial killer who took the lives of at least three people in seven days. Jose Gilberto Rodriguez was arrested after a 14-minute car chase with police. A resident in a Houston suburb alerted authorities to the location of the 46-year-old’s vehicle just hours after police put out a public warning that a serial killer may be on the loose. Rodriguez was arrested after the car chase ended and a pistol was recovered in his car, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told a news conference. “We’re glad it ended without incident,” Gonzalez said, adding that authorities did not yet have a motive.