A suspect in the disappearance of U.S. soldier Vanessa Guillen committed suicide on Wednesday after Texas Rangers made contact with him not long after midnight, CNN reports.
Guillen was last seen April 22 in a parking lot outside of Fort Hood where her regiment was stationed.
Law enforcement have arrested one suspect, a civilian identified as “the estranged wife of a former Fort Hood soldier,” who is currently in custody. They had been pursuing the other suspect since they fled from Ford Hood late Tuesday evening. Officers tracked the suspect to Killeen, Texas, where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being confronted by Killeen police and the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, according to a spokesperson for the Pentagon.
"As officers attempted to make contact with the suspect, the suspect displayed a weapon and discharged it toward himself. The suspect succumbed from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," the Killeen Police Department announced in a press release.
“We have made significant progress in this tragic situation and are doing everything possible to get to the truth and bring answers to the family of Pfc. Vanessa Guillen,” said U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command spokesperson Chris Grey in a statement.
Guillen’s family has publicly criticized the military’s response to her disappearance, which occurred in April. Her mother, Gloria Guillen, said on Tuesday: “I demand justice and I demand their respect and that they respect my daughter as a soldier. She enlisted for her country and to protect us. And now that she needs us, we need to support her and find her.”
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