Washington: The man who killed 25-year-old student Sharath Koppu in Kansas City had an extensive criminal background and was just 15 when he was first arrested, according to a media report.
Marlin James Mack, 25, who was shot dead on Sunday after shooting three police officers, was first arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was 15 for breaking into cars and two years later he was held again for bringing a gun to school, the Kansas City Star reported.
At 17, he was sentenced to prison for five years for robbing a woman at gunpoint.
However, police noticed him only when he became the lead suspect in the killing of Koppu, who hailed from Telangana. Koppu, a University of Missouri-Kansas City student, was fatally shot on July 6 in the back during arobbery attempt at an eatery where he worked in Missouri.
“At age 17 he (Mack) was pretty much a liar and misfit extraordinaire,” David Walker of the Tulsa police department told the daily. For his first arrest, in 2009, Mack was charged with robbery.
In March, 2015, Mack was released from prison. Just seven months later, he returned to prison for carrying a firearm. He was released in February, 2017. (PTI)
