TAMPA, Fla. – Police shot and killed a Georgia murder suspect Sunday evening in an exchange of gunfire after a car chase through Tampa.
Officers began pursuing the 41-year-old suspect around 6:12 p.m. after he was spotted in a white Chevrolet Impala. The suspect attempted to get away from police by driving on Interstate 275 and several city streets.
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Tampa police say officers were on the lookout for Wyatt, who was believed to be in the Tampa area and wanted for a killing Sunday morning near Atlanta. A police statement says an officer spotted Wyatt’s vehicle, began a pursuit and that chase ended with Wyatt firing on the officer.
It says a police helicopter continued tracking Wyatt and directed patrol officers to him. Police say Wyatt got out of his vehicle and began firing at officers and tried to carjack a woman when four officers fired at him.
Wyatt died at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
Wyatt was black. Authorities didn’t release the officers’ races.