Police hunting for a murder suspect found him after he fell through the ceiling.

Around a month after the shooting of Troy Cunningham, in April, in Memphis, Tennessee, federal officers in the US issued an arrest warrant for Deario Wilkerson.

On 26 August, officers travelled to a home, also in Memphis, where they suspected the 20-year-old was hiding.

After surrounding the home, Wilkerson hid in the attic, the US Marshals Service said in a press release.

As officers searched the property, Wilkerson fell through the ceiling, leaving chunks of debris and dust across parts of the house’s kitchen.

Be the first to get Breaking News

Install the Sky News app for free

Wilkerson was uninjured by the fall and taken into custody on charges of first-degree murder and reckless endangerment-deadly weapon in connection with the killing.

Read more from Sky News:
Trump faces fresh election interference case
Mum goes on trial for husband’s murder
Two dead after maintenance depot explosion

Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News

Wilkerson was one of three suspects identified in the shooting, which occurred after Mr Cunningham allegedly had his gun stolen and turned on him, Sky News’ US partner NBC News reports.

Cunningham was shot in the back of his head as he tried to flee, it added.

Related posts:

Biden scraps Trump-era drilling programme in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge Coachella festival to return after two years off due to pandemic Guns, beer and childcare on offer for Americans in drive to increase COVID vaccinations Group linked to Russia is behind hacking of world’s largest meatpacking company – report US forces leave main base in Afghanistan – despite fears of looming civil war White trio guilty of hate crimes over killing of black man while he was out running Actress critically hurt after her car crashes into house and bursts into flames Serial murderer Ramon Escobar suspected of killing his prison cellmate ‘I’m not supposed to be here’: The most unlikely tales of survival from city pulverised by tornado ‘Human remains’ found in suitcase on Texas ranch Robert F Kennedy’s family ‘appalled’ after Super Bowl ad Man charged with smuggling protected turtles stuffed inside socks