Steve Stephens, the Cleveland, Ohio, murder suspect who posted video of the slaying on Facebook, shot and killed himself in Pennsylvania after a brief police chase, authorities said Tuesday.
Someone spotted Stephens' car in the parking lot of a McDonald's near Erie and called police, Pennsylvania State Police said.
After a short pursuit, police said a trooper performed a "PIT" maneuver, spinning Stephens’ car out of control. As Pennsylvania state officers approached, Stephens killed himself.
Authorities in Ohio said they received more than 400 tips, some as far as Texas, in the nationwide search for Stephens, the man wanted in the death of Robert Godwin – a self-taught mechanic and grandfather of 14. Godwin, 74, was shot Sunday while walking home from an Easter meal with his children in Cleveland.
Godwin's daughter Brenda Haymon learned of Stephens' death as she was planning funeral arrangements for her father.
"All I can say is that I wish he had gone down in a hail of 100 bullets," Haymon told CNN. "I wish it had gone down like that instead of him shooting himself."
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg used his biggest press event of the year to briefly address the Cleveland murder video.
"We have a lot of work, and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening," Zuckerberg said on stage at F8, Facebook's annual developers conference.
"Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin Sr.," Zuckerberg added.
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