RIO, WI (WTAQ) – A man killed himself Wednesday after he threatened to murder his girlfriend, and later exchanged gunfire with sheriff’s deputies during a vehicle chase.
It all started just after 12:30 p.m. at Rio in Columbia County. Officers said they got involved after the woman escaped from the man’s vehicle after he tried killing her — and she ended up at a church in Rio.
A deputy at the church saw the man’s vehicle going west on Highway 16. A chase ensued at speeds no faster than 50.
Officials said the chase continued east of Wyocena, where the suspect shot twice at a sheriff’s squad — and deputy returned fire without hitting the pursued vehicle.
Soon after that, the man stopped along a rural road — and officers who approved his vehicle found him dead. No one else was in the vehicle by then.
The man’s name was not immediately released. An investigation continues.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
