A man wanted for two homicides in Savannah over the past week is in custody.
Dwayne Greene was arrested on several warrants by U.S. Marshals on Sunday morning without incident, said Savannah-Chatham police spokeswoman Gena Bilbo.
A murder warrant was already on file against Greene before the shooting death of Laura Dowdy, 48, early Saturday morning.
Dowdy was found shot to death in her residence in the 800 block of West 38th Street, very close to where Freddie Jackson, 33, and a woman were found shot outside their apartment about 5 p.m. Tuesday, Bilbo said. Jackson died shortly after in Memorial University Medical Center.
Police filed a murder warrant for Greene on Thursday in that shooting.
Violent crimes detectives determined that the shooting of Jackson stemmed from a drug transaction, and that Dowdy’s shooting was related to Tuesday’s homicide, Bilbo said.
Greene was arrested for the shootings and taken to the Chatham County jail. According to jail records, Greene is charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm or knife while committing a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and probation violation — all felonies.