A kidnapping that started at a Bastrop business Wednesday afternoon ended with bloodshed in Del Valle, with the victim dead and the suspect in critical condition.

Authorities said a man took a woman at gunpoint from a Bastrop barbershop. After driving to Del Valle and being confronted by Travis County deputies, he shot her dead before shooting himself. The suspect was taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center, and the deputies who approached him are uninjured, Travis County sheriff’s spokeswoman Kristen Dark said.

Dark declined to release the names of the victim or the suspect Wednesday. The Bastrop Police Department said in a statement that the man and the woman knew each other but did not say how.

Authorities say they learned about 1:30 p.m. that the man had gone into a Sport Clips barbershop, on Agnes Street in Bastrop, where the woman worked. He asked her to leave with him, and she initially resisted, Dark said. However, she went with him after he pulled out a gun, Dark said.

A larger number of Travis County deputies were already along that stretch of Texas 71 to escort the students, and deputies had temporarily blocked westbound traffic for the protest, Dark said.

When the pair hit the traffic jam, the man decided to turn off Texas 71 onto Burch Drive and into the parking lot of Austin First Church, Dark said.

The two of them began to walk across a field by the church, and two deputies who were nearby as part of the protest patrol saw them, Dark said.

When one of the deputies approached them, the man pulled his gun and shot the woman, Dark said. She died at the scene. The man then shot himself in the head, Dark said. He didn’t shoot at the deputies.

At least one of the deputies fired at him, Dark said. On Wednesday afternoon, sheriff’s investigators were still unsure whether the deputies had hit him.

The students were marching west and had made it past Texas 130 when the shooting happened. As far as investigators knew Wednesday, none of the students who were protesting witnessed the shooting, Dark said.

The Travis County sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit and Internal Affairs are investigating the shooting, along with the Travis County district attorney’s and medical examiner’s offices, Dark said.

Sport Clips closed early Wednesday, according to a sign on its door, which read: "We apologize for the inconvenience as we are currently closed. We will see you tomorrow at 9 a.m. Thank you for understanding."