Alleged gunman in Pottstown Easter morning murder arrested in Connecticut

The "armed and dangerous" man who authorities say shot and killed the mother of his child on Easter morning was arrested Tuesday in Connecticut after a daylong manhunt, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said.

An arrest warrant for Bobbie Mitchell Jr., 36, of Pottstown, had been issued Monday, with authorities asking for the public's help in locating him.

"Bobbie Mitchell possesses a firearm he is not legally permitted to have and … has used it to kill," Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said Tuesday in a statement. "We believe he knows he is being sought for this chilling murder and is on the run — and therefore very dangerous."

Mitchell was located later Tuesday in a residence in Waterbury, Connecticut, authorities said. It was unclear what had brought him there. He was arrested by local police and members of the U.S. Marshall's Fugitive Task Force.

Mitchell faces charges of premeditated murder and other offenses related to the death of Siani Overby, 23, also of Pottstown.

Shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, authorities said someone reported hearing gunshots and a woman screaming. Pottstown police responded to the 300 block of Johnson Street to find Overby dead on the sidewalk from multiple gunshot wounds.

As part of a joint investigation, Montgomery County detectives and Pottstown police discovered a cellphone near Overby's body. Authorities said the phone belonged to Mitchell and contained text messages he and Overby had exchanged as recently as one hour before her death.

"Like wtf you just rode pass me again on high st," Overby texted Mitchell at 12:18 a.m. on Sunday, according to authorities.

"I know," Mitchell responded a minute later, they said. "Was I supposed to stop or something?"

"Yea," Overby typed again, according to police, "I told you earlier I wanted to see you."

Surveillance cameras and audio recording devices from homes in the area then captured a man chasing Overby, as well as Overby screaming and pleading for her life between gunshots.

Overby's mother told police that Overby and Mitchell had an 18-month old son. She said Overby had asked Mitchell to take a paternity test and pay child support for the toddler.

Mitchell was being held in Connecticut Wednesday morning pending extradition to Montgomery County.