WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect in a Florida killing has shot and critically wounded himself after exchanging gunfire with U.S. Marshals and crashing a vehicle into a Wichita home.

The 26-year-old man shot at the marshals Wednesday after they approached him. Police spokesman Officer Charley Davidson says the marshals returned fire before the suspect drove off with a woman. They crashed after a brief chase and took off running. Davidson says the suspect shot himself in the head when authorities caught up with him.

He was rushed to a hospital, and the woman wasn’t immediately found.

The suspect’s name hasn’t been released. The Jacksonville County Sheriff’s Office in Florida said in a tweet that the man was suspected in a September 2015 killing at a hotel.

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SEDGWICK COUNTY – A man wanted for murder in Florida was critically injured after a shoot-out with US Marshals in Wichita on Wednesday, according Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsey.

Marshals attempted to arrested the suspect at a home in the 1000 Block of Ellis Street.

He shot at the officers and fled in a car with two others.

The vehicle crashed into a home short distance away.

 

US Marshals attempted to arrest a male on a homicide warrant a short time ago in 1000 block of S. Ellis when they were shot at by suspect.

— Chief Gordon Ramsay (@Chief_Ramsay) December 14, 2016

 

The suspect attempted to take his own life and was transported to a hospital when confronted by officers, according to Ramsey.

Officers were not injured.

Name of the suspect was not released.