House painter helps catch Tennessee quadruple murder suspect

(NewsNation) — Now that quadruple killing suspect Austin Drummond is behind bars in Tennessee, people who played a role in helping authorities arrest him are speaking out.

Drummond was apprehended by U.S. marshals Tuesday after authorities received multiple sightings from people in the area.

Ricardo Contreras was one of those good Samaritans. He made a 911 call to police after one of his workers spotted a person in the woods while they were painting a house in Jackson.

Contreras told "Banfield" his crew was afraid after the sighting, and he had a feeling it was Drummond.

"The day before, they (police) were chasing the guy, and they weren't having any good results," Contreras said. "We decided to move a little bit to see what it was, and it was a man moving in the middle of the woods."

Asked if he was going to call the police by his co-worker, Contreras was initially hesitant: "I was afraid. I didn't want any problems."

Contreras said he was still on the phone with police when they arrived, and saw authorities drag Drummond from a vacant pool house that officers say he was using as his hideout. So what was he thinking as this was happening? It was a whirlwind.

"What I saw was a lot of police, FBI people, TV people and a lot of cars moving around," he added.

Contreras feels that being very familiar with the area of the arrest helped officers pinpoint the exact location where Drummond was in the woods. He added that the dispatcher helped calm him down because he was "really nervous."

Drummond is facing first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping charges.