After a 10-month manhunt, authorities arrested rapper Mac Minister in San Francisco Thursday in connection with the slayings of two men once rumored to be suspects in Vallejo native Mac Dre's unsolved homicide.
The 35-year-old Mac Minister, whose real name is Andre Dow, was arrested shortly before 7 p.m. by federal agents and San Francisco officers at an apartment complex on Townsend Street near AT&T Park downtown, authorities said.
Dow, 35, is suspected of killing Kansas City, Mo., rappers Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins, 24, and Jermaine "Cowboy" Atkins, 22, whose bullet-ridden bodies were found in a car last May near the Palms Casino in Las Vegas.
Dow's associate, rapper Jason Mathis, who is also charged in the Las Vegas slayings, was arrested several months ago.
Authorities said Dow was arrested on a federal warrant charging him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. An FBI spokeswoman did not immediately return a message late Thursday seeking more details about the arrest.
San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens said he did not know whether Dow lived in the apartment complex, where the operation went smoothly except for a brief standoff with a female resident.
Dow was featured on a Feb. 11 episode of America's Most Wanted, according to that TV show's Web site. It is unclear whether the show's airing contributed to the arrest, or how authorities knew Dow's whereabouts.
The Kansas City rappers who Dow and Mathis are suspected of killing were once rumored to be responsible for the November 2004, drive-by shooting of rapper Mac Dre, who was hit while riding in a van after a Kansas City appearance.
Although Kansas City investigators never officially named Watkins and Atkins as suspects in Mac Dre's slaying, authorities have speculated that the death set off a war or retaliation among rappers. Dow recorded with Mac Dre, whose real name was Andre Hicks.
Shortly after the double killing in Las Vegas, authorities found a burned Pontiac Sunfire convertible in Vallejo that they believe Dow and Mathis used to flee the scene.
The owner of that car, 21-year-old Lee "Alana" Danae Laursen, was found shot to death near her Fairfield home last November. Police have not made an arrest in that case.
The 35-year-old Mac Minister, whose real name is Andre Dow, was arrested shortly before 7 p.m. by federal agents and San Francisco officers at an apartment complex on Townsend Street near AT&T Park downtown, authorities said.
Dow, 35, is suspected of killing Kansas City, Mo., rappers Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins, 24, and Jermaine "Cowboy" Atkins, 22, whose bullet-ridden bodies were found in a car last May near the Palms Casino in Las Vegas.
Dow's associate, rapper Jason Mathis, who is also charged in the Las Vegas slayings, was arrested several months ago.
Authorities said Dow was arrested on a federal warrant charging him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. An FBI spokeswoman did not immediately return a message late Thursday seeking more details about the arrest.
San Francisco police Sgt. Neville Gittens said he did not know whether Dow lived in the apartment complex, where the operation went smoothly except for a brief standoff with a female resident.
Dow was featured on a Feb. 11 episode of America's Most Wanted, according to that TV show's Web site. It is unclear whether the show's airing contributed to the arrest, or how authorities knew Dow's whereabouts.
The Kansas City rappers who Dow and Mathis are suspected of killing were once rumored to be responsible for the November 2004, drive-by shooting of rapper Mac Dre, who was hit while riding in a van after a Kansas City appearance.
Although Kansas City investigators never officially named Watkins and Atkins as suspects in Mac Dre's slaying, authorities have speculated that the death set off a war or retaliation among rappers. Dow recorded with Mac Dre, whose real name was Andre Hicks.
Shortly after the double killing in Las Vegas, authorities found a burned Pontiac Sunfire convertible in Vallejo that they believe Dow and Mathis used to flee the scene.
The owner of that car, 21-year-old Lee "Alana" Danae Laursen, was found shot to death near her Fairfield home last November. Police have not made an arrest in that case.
