SEATTLE - Seattle Police have arrested a burglary suspect after they say he shot himself in the head while trying to run away from the scene of a break-in in a north Seattle neighborhood.
A man told police he heard sounds coming from his garage around 7 a.m. on Wednesday. When he went to check it out, he saw a masked man in his garage.
The suspect turned and ran. The victim chased after him. As the suspect was getting into a van, he pointed a gun at the victim and told him to "get back." The victim ran and then told police he heard a gunshot and heard the van speed away.
The man ran back to his home and called 911 to report the break-in and the suspect.When police arrived at this home, they got a dispatch call about a person who had showed up at First Hill Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.