A suspect being pursued by police Wednesday morning apparently fatally shot himself in his van and crashed into an oncoming car in the 8500 block of Pennsylvania Run Road just before 8 a.m. Wednesday.
LMPD spokesman Detective Phil Russell says it appears the suspect shot himself. Russell says the man was pronounced dead at University Hospital.
His identity has not been released.
Police tell us the incident started around 7:30 a.m., when they received a call from a woman saying her estranged husband was outside her home on Switchbark Road with a gun. By the time officers arrived, the suspect was gone, but police spotted his van at Bardstown and Beulah Church Road and tried to pull him over.
The suspect refused to stop, and police were following him at normal speeds when he crossed the center line and crashed into a car with a woman and child inside. Both were taken to the hospital, but their injuries did not appear serious.
Police officials say officers did not fire their weapons during the incident.