Suspect arrested in Halifax-area killings

Police have arrestedand charged a Halifax man wanted in connection with the slayings of two Nova Scotia men anda man in New York State.

Glen Douglas Race, 26, was apprehended Tuesday whiletrying to walkacross the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas with a rifle, a New York State Police officer said Wednesday.

"He resisted arrest," Maj. Richard Smith told reporters at a news conference in Mooers, N.Y. "He had a bag with him with a 44-calibre weapon."

Smith saida border agentwas injured slightly when he moved to detain Race.

Race has been charged with the first-degree murder of Trevor Brewster and the second-degree murder of Michael Knott, both from the Halifax area, Canadian police said at a news conference in Halifax earlier Wednesday.

Their bodies were found in remote areas near Halifax in early May.

Police had been looking forRace since Saturday, when RCMP sent out a bulletin to police departments in Canada and the United States describing him as a person of interest in Knott's death.

New York State Police were looking for Race in connection with the killing of Darcy Manor. His body was found Friday near a summer home in a secluded area of Mooers, N.Y., where he had been working as a caretaker. His truck and rifle were stolen.

Held on assault charge

New York police have not laid charges in connection with that case yet, but have charged Race with assaulting a federal border agent.

Police will not say what led them to link Race with the three killings, saying the information is part of their investigation. New York police said there is no known connection between any of the victims and Race.

Investigators on both sides of the border are still looking for Brewster's black, two-door Honda Civic.

"The location of this vehicle is an important element of our joint investigation," said Halifax police Deputy Chief Chris McNeil.

Race left Nova Scotia inthe Civic,drove through New Brunswick and Quebec, and crossed the border into New York, McNeil said.

Despite Race's arrest,McNeil said, police still need help in tracking his movements and are urging anyone with information to come forward.

Body found under boardwalk

Brewster, from Cole Harbour, was last seen the night of May 7 driving away from his job at a Halifax restaurant. His body was found two days later under a boardwalk at a lake in Dartmouth.

Knott's body was found in a wooded areain Mill Coveon May 5, four days after the 44-year-old man was last seen alive.

McNeil said Wednesday that it was too early to say what had motivated the killings.

However, police have said theslayings are similar because both men were gay and known to frequent gay cruising areas. Thereare other similarities, policehave said, but have not given details.

Police recovered Knott's car near the Halifax airport two days after his body was found.

Police inNova Scotiasaid they will have to applyto have Race extradited to Canada, but it was unclear whether U.S. authorities would hand him over before his case goes through the American justice system.

He is currently being held in Texas, but New York Police are working to bring him to New York.