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A man sought in a police chase that began in Milford died after the pursuit ended in a Holden crash on Wednesday evening.
The suspect was identified in Eddington by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office around 6:30 p.m. after the person reportedly violated a personal protection order. The person under protection had left the area and traveled to a friend’s house, but the suspect followed her, officials said in a Friday evening Facebook post.
Later that evening, while the sheriff’s office tried to find and arrest the man, officials learned that he had fled from the Brewer Police Department during an attempted traffic stop.
Officials said the man made life-threatening comments and had a gun with him. Numerous agencies in the Bangor area stayed on alert for him throughout the evening.
Sheriff’s deputies found the suspect around 10:50 p.m. at a Milford business, but he fled the scene. He then led officers on a police chase that ended on Copeland Hill in Holden.
The man slowed down and tried to shoot himself, the sheriff’s office said. Then the suspect’s vehicle left the road, ran into a fence and came to rest near a home. Officers approached the vehicle and found the man severely injured. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died due to what police said they believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Details on whether police discharged their guns were not immediately made clear.
