BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a man led Kern County sheriff’s deputies on a short chase before taking his own life inside his car.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy tried to stop Marco Antonio Loera Fregoso for a traffic infraction Wednesday evening in Bakersfield but he refused to pull over.
They say the 33-year-old led deputies on a short car chase before he crashed into another vehicle.
Authorities say when a deputy approached Fregoso’s car they found him dead inside the vehicle from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Investigators said the two people in the vehicle that was struck suffered minor injuries.
An investigation is ongoing.
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