Man fatally shoots self after police chase ends in Brownsburg
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (WISH) — A police chase on an interstate ended Wednesday with shots fired and a man dead.
Indiana Department of Transportation cameras captured the end.
State police say it started as a traffic stop on Lynhurst Drive.
The vehicle failed to pull over prompting the chase.
Troopers boxed in the driver on I-74 near State Road 267 in Brownsburg. That’s when troopers heard gunfire from inside the vehicle. Troopers did not fire back.
A special weapons and tactics team moved in on the vehicle and found a man dead inside from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The Hendricks County Coroner’s Office did not reply to a News 8 email to request the identity of the man.
An investigation was underway.
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