Authorities say that a man shot at a woman’s car Tuesday afternoon in Escambia County and led deputies on a low-speed pursuit before he turned the gun on himself and took his own life.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Escambia County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Amber Southard.

Southard said investigators have classified the incident as a domestic dispute.

She said that around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the man and the woman were driving beside one another in separate cars in the area near West Fairfield Drive and North Pace Boulevard.

The man fired a gun at the woman’s car, but the bullet missed her, according to authorities. The woman was not hurt and called law enforcement.

Deputies located the man while he was still driving his own vehicle and engaged him in a low-speed pursuit, going no more than 35 mph. The pursuit ended near Chicago Avenue and Bellview Pines Drive when the man took his own life by shooting himself in the head, according to the ECSO.

Southard could not comment on whether the man had stopped his vehicle before he took his own life.

Authorities on Tuesday afternoon were in the process of notifying the man's next of kin.

Colin Warren-Hicks can be reached at colinwarrenhicks@pnj.com or 850-435-8680.