ERIE, Penn. — Steve Stephens, the Cleveland murder suspect accused of posting video of the killing on Facebook, was found Tuesday in Erie County, Pennsylvania, state police said on Twitter. “After a brief pursuit, Stephens shot and killed himself,” Pennsylvania State Police said.
Stephens, 37, was wanted on an aggravated murder charge in the Sunday shooting death of a 74-year-old retiree.
A nationwide search stretched into a third day and police received calls from all over the country, as far away as Texas. They said his car isn’t equipped with the technology to be able to track it down.
“These things can take 2 days. They can take 2 weeks, They can take 2 years,” said the Cleveland Police Chief Wednesday morning, before Stephens was spotted.
A gun range owner said Stephens was recorded and posted to Facebook a video that shows he was warned for breaking rules by practicing “rapid fire.”
Owner Blake Frederick said Stephens visited Sherwin Shooting Sports within the past year. Frederick tells Cleveland.com he recalls Stephens as nice and jovial, not negative. WEWS-TV reports that a video Stephens posted to Facebook last year showed him rapidly firing at targets at the range in Willoughby and being warned to stop by an employee.
