The Associated Press
VANCOUVER, Wash.- A fugitive wanted in the 2004 slayings of his in-laws shot himself in the head as sheriff’s deputies closed in, authorities said.
James Moran, 33, was on life support at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Ore., Kennewick police Sgt. Ken Lattin said Thursday.
Moran had been charged by warrant with first-degree murder in the July 9, 2004, shooting deaths of his wife’s parents, Glenn Dale Carr, 57, and Debra Jolene Carr, 50, in Kennewick. He has been listed on the America’s Most Wanted Web site.
Police said they identified Moran only after he shot himself. Deputies were chasing him because they got a call about two apparent kidnap victims in a red BMW, Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Melanie Kenoyer said.
After the brief chase, Moran crashed and shot himself in the head, authorities said. The apparent kidnap victims had escaped the car and were reported safe, Kenoyer said.