COLUMBUS – The suicide of Facebook slaying suspect Steve Stephens has left authorities dogged by questions about his motivation and whether anyone helped him during his three days on the run.
“We would like to have brought Steve in peacefully,” Cleveland police Chief Calvin Williams said, “and really talked to him about why this happened because there may be other people out there that are in similar situations that we can help.”
Stephens was wanted on an aggravated murder charge in the shooting death of a 74-year-old retired man in Cleveland on Sunday, a victim chosen apparently at random. He posted video of that shooting on Facebook.
Stephens was undone by a 20-piece Chicken McNuggets and an order of fries.
The man who police say shot a Cleveland retiree at random and posted video of the killing on Facebook was recognized by the drive-thru attendant of a McDonald’s restaurant outside Erie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday morning.
The worker called 911, and state police gave chase.
It ended a few miles away when police bumped Stephens’ car to get it to stop. Authorities say Stephens then shot and killed himself.