The man arrested last week in Iowa after barricading himself in a church was charged on Friday with two counts of first-degree murder.
Gage Walter, 27, of Omaha, Nebraska, is accused of killing his grandmother, Linda Walter, 70, and his great-grandmother, Marceline Teeters, 90. Their bodies were found on Aug. 13 in Omaha, the Washington Examiner reported.
Walter is also charged with attempted murder in a hammer attack on Stephen Reimer of Omaha on Aug. 12, as well as three weapons counts. On Aug. 14, Walter was arrested after fleeing police officers who were attempting to conduct a traffic stop. He led them to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Winterset, Iowa, where he barricaded himself inside and surrendered after hours of negotiations, police said. At the time, he was a suspect in the double homicide.At the time, West Des Moines Police Sgt.
The Washington Examiner reached out to West Des Moines Police to see if those charges will still be filed against Walter in Iowa or whether they will be deferred to Omaha courts.
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