The suspect in the random highway shootings reported in the Kansas City area is brought into police custody downtown.

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Kansas City Police Chief Darryl Forte announced on Thursday night that a suspect in the random highway shootings throughout the Kansas City area is in custody.Click here for images of the suspect | Click here for raw video of the suspect in custody | Click here for images from the search warrant scene | Click here for Thursday night's news conferenceForte held a brief news conference on Thursday evening where he said a male suspect was in custody, and that more details would be released during another news conference on Friday. Forte refused to answer any other questions from reporters.A KMBC 9 News photojournalist captured a man being brought into custody at Kansas City Police Headquarters in downtown Kansas City shortly before 7 p.m. Police confirmed that was their suspect.Investigators executed a search warrant at 136th Street and Spring Street in Grandview, Mo., on Thursday afternoon. Several investigators remained on the scene through the evening.It appeared the investigators spent a large amount of time checking out a green sedan behind a building. The sedan was later pulled away by police.Police had said 12 out of at least 20 recent random highway shootings across the metro were connected. Most of the shootings happened on highways in an area near the Grandview Triangle, where 71 Highway, Interstate 435, Interstate 49 and Interstate 470 connect.Shootings were reported in Kansas City, Mo., Blue Springs, Lee's Summit and Leawood, Kan. Some of the shootings also happened on Interstate 70.Three people were hit by gunfire in the shootings. No one was killed.KMBC 9 News reporter Peggy Breit has also learned that two witness tips played a crucial role in the apprehension.A source said that the suspect has been watched for a full week following two important calls to the tips hotline. One of those tips involved a witness report of erratic driving on a road in south Kansas City. That witness was able to tell authorities about a partial license plate number. The second tip was that a man shot at a home near where the suspect used to live. A bullet recovered from that home matched some of the other highway shootings, according to Breit's source. A time has not been set for Friday's news conference to release more details about Thursday night's developments. But we will bring you the news conference live on KMBC-TV and KMBC.com when the news conference happens.