KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man faces life in prison now that he’s admitted in federal court that he kidnapped his Kansas girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter and killed her during a police chase.

Thirty-two-year-old Marcas McGowan pleaded guilty Thursday in Kansas City to charges of kidnapping resulting in death, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

Authorities allege McGowan abducted Cadence Harris on July 18, 2014, after a domestic dispute in the Atchison, Kansas, home they shared with the girl’s mother.

During an ensuring chase in which McGowan fired at police, authorities pursuit him into Missouri before officers shot McGowan after they say he pointed a gun at them in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 6. Both sides have agreed to recommend a sentence of life on the kidnapping charge.