“Facebook Killer” Steve Stephens Commits Suicide During Police Pursuit

The “Facebook Killer” Steve Stephens, the Cleveland murder suspect who posted video of the slaying on Facebook, is dead after committing suicide in Pennsylvania after a police chase, officers said Tuesday.

A witness spotted Stephens’ white Ford Fusion in the parking lot of a McDonald’s near Erie and called authorities, Pennsylvania State Police said. Stephens fled, and state troopers started a pursuit. One trooper performed a “PIT” maneuver — a strategic way of ramming a vehicle to disable it.

“As the vehicle was spinning out of control from the PIT maneuver, Stephens pulled a pistol and shot himself in the head,” Pennsylvania State Police said.

For two days, Steve Stephens led authorities across the country, after brutally killing Robert Godwin.

“We’re grateful that this has ended,” Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said. “We would prefer that it had not ended this way because there are a lot of questions, I’m sure, that not only the family but the city in general would have had for Steve.”

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