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Sturgis Public Safety Director Ryan Banaszak and St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman staged a press conference Monday to detail the Saturday night shooting deaths of two Sturgis residents and the Sunday police shooting of suspect David Algarin Jr.
The homicide victims were identified as Stacey Mae Ramsey, 38, and Jerry Longacre, 61.
Banaszak said Sturgis officers responded to a call late Saturday night about a woman shot in the road at South Centerville Road near South Street. Witnesses said before police arrived, Algarin drove back and struck the woman with his car, then fled the area.
Ramsey was transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Officers located Algarin in the Sweet Lake Mobile Home Community on U.S. 12 just east of Sturgis, where he fled. While conducting a safety sweep of the park, Banaszak said they located the body of Longacre, who was shot.
Banaszak said investigators have not developed any clear motive, what happened or why.
Algarin communicated with 911 dispatchers during the chase it was clear he had homicidal and suicidal indications, Bingaman said.
Bingaman said Algarin was shot by law-enforcement following a pursuit Sunday that ended in Branch County’s Matteson Township.
