Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf commended police for the pursuit and said no one else in the state was hurt. Erie police were at the scene, with Erie County Coroner Lyell Cook and the FBI and Erie County District Attorney Jack Daneri.
Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott said early Tuesday afternoon that he did not have much information about the incident, but he expected to be briefed later in the day by Police Chief Don Dacus.
“Obviously when you’ve got a fugitive out there, you’re pleased to see it come to some quick resolution,” Sinnott said.
Fugitive Facebook killer, Steve Stephens, ends five state man-hunt, takes his own life at police roadblock
Easter day Facebook murderer Steve Stephens killed himself after rather than face prosecution with police boxed him
Stephens turned the gun on himself after an attempted traffic stop in Erie County, Pa around 11:10 am, Tuesday
He reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a white Ford Fusion
Easter day murderer, Steve Stephens, ended the manhunt by taking his own life on Tuesday in Erie, Pa. over a hundred miles away from his crime scene in Cleveland, Ohio
Feds announce $50,000 bounty in hunt for Easter Sunday killer, Steve Stephens, the Facebook gunman who filmed himself randomly killing elderly man Stephens turned the gun on himself after an attempted traffic stop in Erie County,
Officers found the 37-year-old Cleveland resident dead in his getaway car in neighboring state of Pennsylvania, according to GoErie.com.
He reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a white Ford Fusion near Buffalo Road and Downing Avenue around 11:10 am, Erie police confirmed.
Pennsylvania state police examine the suicide vehicle in Erie on Tuesday morning
Troopers investigate the cordoned off suicide scene, where the Facebook murderer took his own life on Tuesday
Stephens, remained on the run for nearly 48 hours after shooting a 74-year-old stranger in the head on Easter Sunday. He gunned down retiree Robert Godwin in Cleveland, Ohio and posted the snuff footage on Facebook.
Pennsylvania State police had been following the car as it was headed west into the city of Erie after leaving a nearby McDonald’s, police said.
As the fugitive’s car, pointed west, is stopped in the eastbound lane of Buffalo Road, only to run into a police are read block.
His death came just hours after police announced that they had received about 400 tips nationwide for the case, but did not have a clear idea of where he might be.
Police also found no evidence of Stephens’ claim, in a Facebook Live rant, that he had killed 13 people.
The sprawling manhunt ended about 100 miles away from the crime scene — less than a two-hour drive.
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