Violent Police Chase Ends in Crash On I-95 in VA

RadioOnFire.com - Miles of traffic along Interstate 95 was at a standstill for nearly five hours after a police chase in Stafford County, VA came to an end with a man suspected of shooting his wife crashing, and then turning the gun on himself late Thursday morning, December 28.

Stafford County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call about the shooting of a woman at a Fredericksburg apartment complex around 11:24 a.m. They arrived to find the suspect fled the scene, but was able to locate him on the interstate soon afterward.

Early on in the chase, the suspect got out of the black Ford Explorer he was driving and exchanged fire with officers. The shooting caused a trooper who slammed his brakes to be rear-ended by a driver behind him.

The northbound chase would finally come to an end around noontime, when the suspect's SUV sideswiped another vehicle, crashed into a guardrail, then flipped over. When police got to his truck they found the suspect with a self-inflicted wound in his head. He remains in critical condition with life-threatening injuries at Fairfax Inova Hospital.

All northbound lanes along the interstate were opened back up as of 4:45 p.m.