From Kim Minugh
A man suspected of killing three men during a violent spree in Berkeley earlier this year - and featured on "America's Most Wanted" TV show earlier this month - was arrested today in Natomas, according to authorities.
With the help of Sacramento Police Department officers and K9s, U.S. marshals took Rafael J. Campbell, 25, into custody at an apartment complex on Natomas Central Drive, according to officials from both agencies.
It's unclear why Campbell was in the Sacramento area, said Lenny Boyer, acting U.S. marshal for eastern California.
Berkeley police have been searching for Campbell since May, when he and three other suspects allegedly took three lives in a matter of minutes, according to the America's Most Wanted Web site. Boyer confirmed the details of the show's Web site.
The violence began when Campbell and another suspect allegedly fatally shot 25-year-old CJ Davis in Berkeley. The two suspects fled in a car with two other unidentified suspects, and, after leading officers on a seven-minute pursuit, crashed into a motorist and a pedestrian, according to the show's Web site. Killed in the collisions were 26-year-old Todd Perea and 41-year-old Floyd Ross.
Campbell and the other three suspects are members of the "N.S.O." - or North Side Oakland - gang and apparently killed Davis, the first victim, while trying to retaliate against a member of Davis' family, investigators said.
Campbell is wanted on three counts of murder, investigators said.
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