By The Associated Press
RISING SUN, Md. (AP) -- A handcuffed man stole a police cruiser with another suspect inside, then killed himself with a shotgun taken from the trunk of the car, police said.
Mark Haas, 24, drove off after an officer stepped away from the cruiser about 7 p.m. Monday, state police said. He and another man were arrested after authorities found a gun in their car and they were both in the back seat of the cruiser.
Haas’ girlfriend called police about 11 p.m. and said he was threatening suicide outside a home in Rising Sun, about 40 miles northeast of Baltimore. He killed himself after police arrived, using a shotgun he found in the trunk of the cruiser.
The other suspect, Lee Nichols, 21, remained in the car and was not injured, state police said.