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LAPORTE — A man sought for three days after police said he shot his ex-girlfriend multiple times in LaPorte was arrested in South Bend.

Thomas Hardy, 47, is charged in LaPorte Circuit Court with two counts of Level 1 felony attempted murder and aggravated battery.

Hardy was grabbed Thursday outside an apartment complex in South Bend where he had been living out of a car, police said.

Tom Thate, LaPorte police chief of detectives, said members of the Fugitive Apprehension Street Team and U.S Marshals Service developed information on his whereabouts and with help from South Bend police took him into custody without incident.

Hardy had previously been staying at different locations with friends in the South Bend area.

''He used the parking lot to park and basically lived out of the car,'' Thate said.

According to police, Hardy shot Ava Strieter, 31, at least three times in the backyard of a home in the 1300 block of Wright Avenue.

He then pointed a gun at her 33-year old brother, Baret Strieter, and pulled the trigger at close range, but the gun was empty, police said.