Steve Stephens, the so-called "Facebook killer", sparked a multi-state manhunt after he brazenly gunned down a Cleveland man at random, recording the encounter on his phone and uploading the video to Facebook.
Acting on a tip, Pennsylvania State Police spotted Steve Stephens, 37, leaving a McDonald's in Erie and went after him, bumping his vehicle to try to get it to stop, authorities said.
Shortly after 11 a.m., there was a short police pursuit and when officers approached the vehicle, Stephens auto spun in circles and that's when Stephens shot himself.
Stephens, 37, was wanted for the death of 74-year-old Robert Godwin, who was shot while walking home Sunday from an Easter meal in Cleveland.
Kortemeyer says she hopes that Steve Stephens is "arrested as soon as possible" and that no one else is harmed.
The woman, Joy Lane, told WJW-TV in Cleveland that she last talked with Stephens on Saturday night, when he told her he had quit his job and was moving out of state. Cleveland police said they are searching for Stephens, a homicide suspect, who recorded himself shooting another man and then posed the video on Facebook on Sunday, April 16, 2017.
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Police earlier Sunday had said that Stephens had broadcast it on Facebook Live. The behavioral health agency where he worked said an extensive background check before he was hired turned up nothing worrisome. The video remained on the social network for about two hours before it was taken down.
Police got a tip saying Stephens' vehicle was in a McDonald's parking lot there.
"My daddy had for us our own fishing rods so when we went out of town, we could fish whenever we want", Goodwin's son Terrell told WOIO News.
"They don't make men like him anymore". In a timeline of the events, Facebook says the video of the shooting was visible to the public for more than two hours and was taken down 23 minutes after it was first reported.
Police continue to search for Stephens, who they say should be considered armed and risky. Detectives spoke with the suspect on Sunday by cellphone and tried to persuade him to surrender, police said. Police in Philadelphia said eight elementary schools and a high school were locked down Monday while they investigated reported sightings but found nothing.
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