Authorities in Cherokee County, Ala., reported they processed the scene at the end of a chase on U.S. Highway 411 South near Leesburg involving a fugitive from Tennessee.
Cherokee County Sheriff Jeff Shaver said in a statement that the Alabama Bureau of Investigation agents, Cherokee County Major Crimes Unit officers and officers from Coffee County, Tenn., "were attempting to apprehend a fugitive from Tennessee when a short pursuit began."
"The pursuit ended just south of Leesburg when the suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound," Shaver said.
The suspect's identity is being withheld for the time being, the sheriff said.
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