(KLZA)-- What started as a car jacking in Tarkio, Missouri Sunday afternoon, resulted in the self-inflicted death of 34-year-old David Armstrong of Tarkio, in Nemaha County, Nebraska, according to a social media post from the Tarkio, Police Department released Monday morning.
About 1:30 Sunday afternoon Tarkio Police responded to a call regarding a male subject, brandishing a firearm and stealing a car at the Gas Spot, in Tarkio.
The suspect fled the area going west on U-S Highway 136, with local bystanders giving chase. He then crossed the Missouri River Bridge at Brownville, Nebraska.
Through the use of On-Star, the car was tracked , A Nemaha County, Nebraska Deputy Sheriff located the stolen car on Highway 67 near Brock. A pursuit ended on the Highway 105, Spur, just south of Johnson, Nebraska, when the car was stopped under control by On-Star.
The suspect did not exit the vehicle on command. A Nebraska State Patrolman approached the car, discovering Armstrong dead from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound.
Agencies assisting in the investigation were the Atchison County Sheriff's Department, Missouri State Highway Patorl, Nemaha County, Nebraska Sheriff's Department and the Nebraska State Patrol.
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