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Pennsylvania Police Report Facebook Murder Suspect Dead

A suspect accused of murdering an elderly man in Ohio and broadcasting the murder via Facebook has reportedly killed himself.

Published April 16, 2017

Pennsylvania police are reporting that the manhunt for Steve Stephens, a suspect who apparently aired the fatal shooting of a "random" victim via Facebook on Easter Sunday has come to and end with Stephens' killing himself:

In that horrifying video, the suspect pulled up to an elderly man who was walking on the side of the road, ordered the man to say a woman’s name, and pulled out a gun. When the elderly man told the suspect he didn’t know the woman, the suspect pulls the trigger, shoots the man in the head, and leaves him in a bloody pool on the sidewalk:

The suspect, Steve Stephens, said in a separate video post that he had killed 13 people and was looking to kill more victims:

Cleveland police chief Calvin Williams confirmed that one killing had taken place (the victim was identified as 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr.) but said police did not know of anyone else who might have been shot by Stephens.

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