( CNN ) -- A man sought in the slayings of a woman and her four young children in Oklahoma was arrested Tuesday night after a car chase in Texas , authorities said . Joshua Steven Durcho was arrested Tuesday after a car chase with police . Joshua Steven Durcho was arrested in Waco , Texas , after a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper tried to stop the car Durcho was driving because the trooper suspected a drunk driver , according to Erin Mangrum of the Canadian County , Oklahoma , sheriff 's office . The trooper checked the vehicle tag on the car and it matched the tag being sought by Oklahoma police , Mangrum said . Mangrum said Durcho 's car sped off , but he later wrecked the vehicle , and Durcho was taken into custody . Durcho suffered minor injuries in the accident , Mangrum said . Officers found the bodies of Summer Rust , 25 , and her children Monday in their apartment in El Reno , about 30 miles west of Oklahoma City . Rust 's daughter Evynn was 3 , son Teagin was 4 , and daughters Autumn and Kirsten were both 7 . Durcho is believed to have taken the slain woman 's car , the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said . CNN affilate KOCO reported that Durcho had been spotted Monday night in Clinton , Oklahoma . His image was captured by surveillance cameras , the affiliate said , quoting police . Authorities would not reveal how Rust and her children were killed , pending the outcome of autopsies . Rust 's mother , Susan Rust of Carson City , Nevada , said her daughter had been shot , but she did not know how her grandchildren had been killed . Watch authorities name Durcho as the suspect » . Susan Rust said her daughter was loving and outgoing but tended to get involved with the wrong men . Durcho was unemployed and had been living with Summer Rust and her children , the mother said . Police were asked to check up on the family because Rust and Durcho had had a fight , she said . Summer Rust attended Redlands Community College in El Reno , where she majored in legal assistant training , according to school officials . Rust 's mother said she was retraining after losing her job in casino security several months ago . `` Summer was very bright , very outgoing , had a positive attitude and was very determined to complete her education , '' Julie Lamb of the college told CNN Radio . Lamb heads a student support program on campus . The school brought in grief counselors Tuesday to help students affected by the killings . Domestic violence groups also reached out to the students . A friend posting online described Summer Rust as `` fun-loving '' and `` a little crazy kind of person '' who was also very smart . `` Her children were beautiful , funny and always cheerful and sometimes a little wild . They were a great bunch of kids and they loved each other very much . They were proud of their mom for going back to school , '' the friend said . `` She was going to make a better life for her family . I ca n't believe something like this could happen to her and the kids . ... I will miss her silliness and her smile . I will miss them all . ''
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