Jose Gilberto Rodriguez (Harris County Sheriff's Department)

Law enforcement agencies in the Houston area have captured a 46-year-old man they describe as a serial killer for his involvement in two killings at two mattress stores and the death of a woman in her home.

Jose Gilberto Rodriguez was seen driving a car that belonged to one of his victims before he was captured Tuesday morning, according to Houston television station KTRK.

Rodriguez, also a registered sex offender, is suspected in the deaths of a 28-year-old employee at a mattress store in northwest Houston and another employee at a mattress store near Interstate 45 just north of the city's 610 Loop.

He is also the prime suspect in the shooting death of 62-year-old woman in Cypress, northwest of Houston, along with other crimes -- including a home invasion -- during a weeklong spree that began July 6.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced in a tweet that Rodriguez was in custody.

Jose Gilberto Rodriguez is in custody at Eldridge @ Fallbrook. He was arrested after a brief vehicle pursuit. #HouNews pic.twitter.com/yottHARuFJ — Ed Gonzalez (@SheriffEd_HCSO) July 17, 2018

The search for Rodriguez went into high gear Monday.

"He's been on a rampage in a series of murders," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said, according to KHOU, another Houston TV station. "Let's get this man off the street as soon as possible."