A man accused of fleeing after hitting and killing two bicyclists in Waller County Saturday afternoon has been arrested.

Victor Kevin Tome, 25, was driving north on Buller in Waller County near hundreds of riders participating in a MS150 training ride when police said he hit and killed 48-year-old Keri Blanchard Guillory, who was riding with her husband, 53-year-old Michael Guillory.

About 80 yards later, Tome hit and killed 37-year-old Craig Randall Tippit, police said. A third bicyclist, who was riding near Tippit, dove into a ditch on the side of the road. That rider was taken to Memorial-Hermann Katy Hospital, authorities said.

Tome fled on foot, leaving his badly damaged blue Dodge Stratus, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Erik Burse said.

"It's a pretty long crime scene," Burse said. "He tore the car up."

The Waller County Sheriff's Office, DPS, the Texas Department of Corrections, the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, Austin County Sheriff's Office, and the Burton Police Department all joined in the search, Waller County Sheriff Office Major Sydney Hester.

Tags on Tome's German Shepherd, which had somehow gotten loose, were used to help identify him.

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Tome, meanwhile, had broken into a nearby house, police said. When the homeowner returned, he found Tome in his living room and convinced him to turn himself in.

The homeowner then drove Tome to a police checkpoint.

'We're glad that it ended the way it did and no one else was injured," Burse said.

Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said Tome faces two charges of leaving the scene of an accident.

"There may be more serious charges coming depending on the evidence as it's gathered and presented," Mathis said.

Reached by phone Saturday night, Julie Guillory said her son and daughter-in-law loved to ride together.

Tome had struck and killed her daughter-in-law and almost hit her son.

"It's just unbelievable," she said. "She is just a wonderful spirit, good to everybody, kind to everybody, she didn't have one flaw, to me."

The couple had married in October of 2008, Guillory said. Keri Guillory had grown up in Houston, then attended Louisiana State University and worked at LV Shipping & Transport.

She had two adult sons and a young grandson, and she loved to sing, the elder Guillory said.

The Chronicle was unable to reach Tippit's relatives.

The cyclists had been participating in the 2017 SpringFest Metric Century, an MS 150 training ride supporting people with disabilities.

"We are saddened by the tragic deaths today of two bikers participating in our SpringFest bicycle ride," wrote officials from The Center Houston - one of the ride's sponsors - on their Facebook page.

"The Board of Governors and staff express profound sympathy for the victims' families. Other riders were injured, and we are praying for their full recovery."

Back in Waller County, local officials also offered their condolences.

"We're very saddened for the victims' families," Waller County Judge Trey Duhon said. "We have a lot of bicyclists that come through Waller County to train for the MS 150... so, it's extremely tragic to us when something like this happens and people get hurt."

Houston Chronicle reporter Brooke Lewis contributed to this story.