A southern Minnesota man wanted in connection to a double homicide overnight Sunday was taken into custody in Iowa after an hourslong manhunt.

The Brown County Sheriff's Office said the 45-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a 32-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man inside a residence in Hanska, Minnesota, which is located about 30 miles west of Mankato.

Authorities said a boy called 911 at about 4:22 a.m. to report his mom's former boyfriend "broke into their house and shot his mom."

The sheriff's office said the man was taken into custody at about 4:12 p.m. by Iowa state troopers and deputies with the Louisa, Washington and Muscatine county sheriff's offices in Iowa. The exact location of his arrest is unclear.

The identities of the victims have not been released, and WCCO ty

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