By The Associated Press

Facebook shooter dead after brief police pursuit

Apr 18, 2017 | 10:11 AM

Pennsylvania State Police say the suspect in the random killing of a Cleveland retiree posted on Facebook has shot and killed himself after a brief pursuit.

State police say Steve Stephens was spotted Tuesday morning by state police in Erie County, in the state’s northwest corner. Authorities say police tried to pull Stephens over and, after a brief pursuit, he shot and killed himself.

Stephens was wanted on an aggravated murder charge in the shooting death of a 74-year-old retired man in Cleveland on Sunday.

He posted video of that shooting on Facebook.

Police say Stephans was located in Pennsylvania because of a tip, which led to a pursuit that ended with the suspect shooting himself to death.

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Cleveland police Chief Calvin Williams says authorities received a tip that Stephens’ vehicle was in the parking lot of a McDonald’s in Erie on Tuesday morning. State police tried to pull him over and, after a brief chase, he killed himself.

It wasn’t immediately clear where Stephens had been since the Sunday shooting in Cleveland, which killed a 74-year-old retired man.

Williams says investigators had hoped to talk with Stephens to find out a motive.