BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — A trail of mayhem that began last week in a suburban Mississippi apartment ended Wednesday morning when a stolen SUV chased by police flipped in a fiery crash in a rural Kansas field.

In between, authorities suspect 28-year-old Alex Deaton killed two people, shot three others and stole four vehicles.

"He's led us on quite the chase the last few days and I think everybody here is happy he's in custody," Mississippi Department of Public Safety Commissioner Marshall Fisher said at a news conference Wednesday.

Officials in Mississippi, Kansas and New Mexico are investigating...