Killer Commits Suicide As Cops Close In

"NEW ORLEANS, LA — New Orleans Police say a man wanted for allegedly killing his father killed himself today as officers chased him.

"Investigators say as cops closed in on the suspect during a car chase, the suspect began to stop and then committed suicide in the car near the intersection of 18th Street and Fleur De Lis Drive.

"`This was almost instantaneously,` Commander Marlon Defillo said at the scene. `As the person slowed, he placed the gun to his own head and fired the shot.`

"Police say the suspect died at the hospital a short time later.

"Robert Rider Jr. was wanted for the beating death of Robert Rider Sr. last week.

"The 73-year-old father was found bludgeoned in his house on Milne Blvd. near the I-610 in Lakeview.

"Police quickly identified the victim's son as a suspect in his murder."

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