Fleeing shooting suspect dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

DENVER – Denver police are investigating after a suspect fleeing a fatal shooting died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a car crash Sunday.

The male suspect was seen leaving the scene of a shooting that left a man dead in the area of ​​W. Arkansas Avenue and S. Knox Court around 9 a.m., according to the Denver Police Department.

Police said officers pursued the vehicle until the suspect crashed into another car and then crashed again in the area of ​​S. University Boulevard and Cherry Hills Farm Drive.

After the crash, the department said officers found the suspect dead inside his car from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The three people inside the vehicle the suspect allegedly crashed into were not injured.

The identities of both the shooting victim and the suspect have not been released. Police said the entire incident remains under investigation.