Laura Johnson

LJOHNSON2@SPRINGFI.GANNETT.COM

A man shot and killed himself in a vehicle Friday evening after being surrounded by Springfield police on Interstate 44 just east of Glenstone Avenue, Springfield police said in a news release.

Officers were dispatched to a "rolling disturbance" that started on northbound U.S. 65 around 6:30 p.m., the release said. It was reported that an unknown suspect in a vehicle had threatened someone in another vehicle with a weapon and then fired multiple shots at that vehicle. The victim was not injured.

The suspect then began traveling westbound on I-44, the release said. Police located the suspect's vehicle near I-44 and Kansas Expressway when it turned to return eastbound on I-44. Police had stopped the suspect vehicle just east of Glenstone on I-44 when they heard a gunshot and saw the suspect’s car window break. The SPD’s Special Response Team responded to the scene with a Bearcat.

All east and westbound lanes of I-44 were closed for approximately 45 minutes. Officers then determined that the suspect had died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

