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COOK COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - A Henry County murder suspect is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 1 shortly after a pursuit with GSP ended in a PIT maneuver on I-75 in Cook County.

GSP said that a gunshot was fired from inside the suspect’s vehicle after the pursuit, as a trooper and Cook County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies were conducting a traffic stop.

The suspect was later pronounced dead at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. Their body was later taken to Macon for an autopsy.

The suspect was from Virginia, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Officials did not provide details about the murder case they are suspected of.

According to GSP, troopers saw the suspect’s vehicle headed south on I-75 near mile marker 45 at about 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The trooper followed the vehicle to mile marker 37, where GSP said CCSO deputies were staged. Near mile marker 34, GSP said the trooper performed a successful PIT maneuver, ending the pursuit. Then, officials attempted to conduct a traffic stop and heard the gunshot.

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