Deputy U. S. Marshal Clint Roberson said that the task force was alerted when law enforcement officials received information that Kelvin Taylor of Clarksdale would be in a room at the motel. About a dozen heavily armed marshals used a commercial alleyway as a staging area late Friday afternoon, awaiting confirmation of the suspect’s arrival. After the officers received word that Taylor had arrived, they went to the motel room and took him into custody without incident within five or ten minutes, Roberson said.

Taylor is wanted by Bolivar County officials as a suspect in a Monday night murder there. He was taken to the Panola county jail to await the arrival of Bolivar County officers who were expected to transfer him back to Cleveland late Friday night.