CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) – Authorities say the brother of Cleveland’s police chief has been killed and the girlfriend suspected in his death shot herself when troopers stopped her vehicle in western Pennsylvania.
A U.S. marshal initially said the woman committed suicide, but Cleveland police said in an emailed statement later Tuesday that she was listed in critical condition at a hospital.
A Pennsylvania State Police news release says Dana Johnson, 36, held a gun to her head and fired once as troopers approached her vehicle along state Route 376 in Lawrence County.
Johnson was sought after police responding to a reported shooting found William D. Williams dead at a home on Cleveland’s east side early Tuesday. Cleveland police confirmed Williams, 34, is the brother of Chief Calvin Williams but didn’t immediately release further details.