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A murder suspect from Cleveland, Steve Stephens, who posted a video of him killing an elderly citizen on Facebook has reportedly killed himself.

Authorities said Tuesday that he shot and killed himself in Pennsylvania after a brief police chase.

According to Cleveland Police Chief, Calvin Williams, his car was spotted in the parking lot of a McDonald’s near Erie and someone called the police.

After a short pursuit, Stephens’ car stopped. As Pennsylvania state officers approached, Stephens killed himself, Williams said.

“We’re grateful that this has ended,” the police chief said. “We would prefer that it had not ended this way because there are a lot of questions, I’m sure, that not only the family but the city in general would have had for Steve.”

For two days, authorities across the country scrambled to find Stephens, the man wanted for the death of Robert Godwin — a self-taught mechanic, a father of ten, and grandfather of 14.

The police chief said Stephens apparently chose Godwin at random.

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Stephens’ mother, Maggie Green, said her son stopped by her house Saturday and gave her a cryptic message.

“He said this (was) the last time I was going to see him,” Green said.

They spoke briefly the next day, his mother said. Before Green’s phone died, Stephens told her he was “shooting people” because he was “mad with his girlfriend” of about three years, his mother said.

Later Sunday, Stephens uploaded a video to his Facebook page showing a gun pointed at a man’s head.

Stephens claimed on Facebook that he had committed multiple homicides, but police said they had no knowledge of other victims. He had many traffic violations but no criminal record, Williams said.

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