us two hours ago that he was still in the 2016 white ford fusion that he was seen last at the murder scene with. we know that the last known communication with this alleged facebook killer was on sunday afternoon easter when this man allegedly pulled right up to the sidewalk and just executed somebody who was picking up aluminum cans on the sidewalk. a complete stranger that he did not know and then nobody knew where he was until today, until about some point in the last hour when they believe that law enforcement officers were pursuing him. he stopped somewhere on a road and pennsylvania in erie county which is less than two hours away from here in cleveland, it s about two hours away and at some point after the car stops, there was a gunshot and steve stephens was dead. we don t know if he was by himself, we don t know if the police got to him because of one
the media, you are very helpful to us in keeping things straight, keeping the facts straight, reporting the stories in a way that really helped us to do our job. chief? thanks, mary. i want to officially announce that the search for steve stephens has ended. at approximately, a little bit after 11 today, pennsylvania state police officers received a tip that the vehicle that we were looking for, the white ford fusion, was in a mcdonald s parking lot near erie, pennsylvania. those officers responded, the vehicle fled from that area, there was a short pursuit in which the vehicle was stopped. the officers approached the vehicle, steve stephens took his own life. we are grateful to the people
after still finding nothing, they extended the search nationwide and were receiving hundreds of tips. then today somebody at a mcdonald s called 911 and said we think that we see this man, this person, steve stephens, who s wanted. and in fact the police came to that mcdonald s on buffalo road and they spotted him in his white ford fusion. they tried to stop him. when he didn t stop they pursued him. it only lasted about two miles. when they tried a pit maneuver where they slam into the car and try to turn it sideways. and after they did that, they say that stephens took a handgun to his head and shot himself. this comes after of course easter sunday that murder that was uploaded to facebook that shocked those who saw it, of course, and anybody who s heard about it. it has prompted a lot of questions for facebook itself. that of course was taken down after a couple of hours and this nationwide manhunt has prompted a very impressive public
response. i mean hundreds of tips we re talking about from fifphiladelp to texas to detroit. people calling in saying they think they saw the ford fusion or the man himself. now the btom line is that since sunday now, them looking for this man, that he has been found and he killed himself right there near mcdonald s in erie, pennsylvania. norman 400 tips. jacob, do police have any idea what the motivation could have been? have they learned anything new? i mean he himself took to facebook to say that it was his ex-girlfriend s fault for making him mad, this and that. and the ex-girlfriend is cooperating with police. but, you know, they really don t know. they in fact are still wanting people to call in 1-800-call-fbi if they have any tips or anything else that might have been going on. one other thing that i ll mention. just 20 minutes ago or so the new york times reported that stephens was in fact going
stephens, leapt from his car and shot 74-year-old godwin, at random, and posted the execution style murder on the social media site. the manhunt for stephens is nationwide with a $50,000 reward offered for his capture. jacob rascon is live in cleveland, where authorities gave an update earlier this morning. what is the latest on this? so they announced they received almost 400 ts nationwide. that s an impressive nuer. that s as far away as philadelphia, near a school where the police were searching there. or texas at a walmart. so far, none of those tips have proved to be credible, or they haven t found anything because of those tips. they re urging the public to please continue to talk. please continue to look out. if you have any information that might lead to them finding him or the car, call the 1-800-call 1-800-call-fbitip line. if you see the white ford fusion or the man himself, dial 911