Suspect in Facebook video murder kills self in Pennsylvania: police


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  • Wednesday, 19 Apr 2017

Coroner Lyell P. Cook (R) examines the car of a fugitive, who police said posted a video of himself on Facebook killing an elderly man in Cleveland, is seen after he shot and killed himself following a brief police pursuit in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Robert Frank

ERIE, Pennsylvania: A murder suspect who police said posted a video on Facebook of the killing of a Cleveland man fatally shot himself after a "brief pursuit" by Pennsylvania State Police officers on April 18, police said. 

Steve Stephens was accused of shooting Robert Godwin Sr, 74, on a sidewalk on April 16 before fleeing in a car and uploading a video of the murder to Facebook, becoming the focus of a nationwide manhunt. 

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