UPDATED TWO SUSPECTS WITH MUSLIM FACIAL HAIR ARRESTED - Suspect Arrested In Arizona Freeway Shootings - Weapon That He Owns Is "Forensically-Linked To the Shootings"

Leslie Allen Merritt, Jr. 

From CNN:

A SWAT team arrested a suspect in Phoenix's highway shootings after investigators connected his handgun to four of 11 incidents, authorities said. 

The suspect has been "forensically linked" to the first four shootings along Interstate 10 in downtown Phoenix, said Col. Frank Milstead, director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. 

"The weapon and the man we believe to be responsible for what started this spree in Arizona is in custody," Milstead said. 

Authorities got a break in the case after a 9 mm handgun was pawned, City Councilman Sal DiCiccio said. 

The pawnshop's owner alerted authorities after he realized it was the same type used in the highway shootings. Lab results showed it was the same gun used in four shootings, authorities said.

UPDATE - Thanks to Anonymous:

The grooming pattern of his facial hair... Notice the lack of mustache while a beard is visible.
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FWIW:

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Trim closely the mustache, and let the beard flow (Grow).” [Narrated Ibn Umar (R.A), Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 498]
“Rasulullah (PBUH) ordered us to trim the mustache closely and spare the beard” says Ibn Umar.– Muslim, Hadith no. 449-

prophet Muhammad (PBUH)said: “Act against contrary to the polythesists, trim closely the mustache and grow the beard.”– Reported by Ibn Umar (R.A.) in Muslim, Hadith no. 500

Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said “Trim closely the mustache and grow the beard.”– Reported by Abu Hurairah (R.A.) in Muslim, Hadith no. 501

Abu Hurayrah said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “The fitrah is five things – or five things are part of the fitrah – circumcision, shaving the pubes, trimming the mustache, cutting the nails and plucking the armpit hairs.”
Bukhari 5891; Muslim 527

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UPDATE II 

Heavy: Another Suspect,Oscar De La Torre Munoz, Was Arrested On Unrelated Charges But Later Let Go
(note: same facial hair pattern)

Merritt's dad vehemently denies his sons involvement. I'd like to know if Munoz and Merritt are acquainted and how...and if they are acquainted with any local dawa centers recently. Merritt has children & a criminal record that includes a restraining order. Did he seek answers to dealing with 'uncooperative' spouses/gf under the misogynist tent?

UPDATE III - This is the same man who was detained and released several days ago.