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Detroit's Most Wanted Captured: Samuel Looney arrested on Detroit's west side

Posted at 10:46 AM, Jun 30, 2019
and last updated 2019-07-02 08:46:03-04

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A viewer tip led to the arrest of Detroit's Most Wanted fugitive Samuel Looney.

He was arrested on Detroit's west side Saturday, June 29.

Looney was featured on 7 Action News' Detroit's Most Wanted after U.S. Marshals say he stabbed his boyfriend and left him to die, then he took off with the victim's car.

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Looney, 48, is a third-time habitual offender, and was believed to have been bouncing from shelter to shelter on Detroit’s west side.