The Louisa County Sheriff’s Office tells KCII they received a call from a Wapello resident just after 6:40 p.m. last night, who reported that he had been approached by a man holding a gun in the 900 block of State Street in Wapello. The victim reported the suspect fired a shot into the air during the incident. The caller was able to provide a description of the vehicle and the suspect to authorities.

Officers from the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office and Columbus Junction Police Department located the suspect in Wapello, about 10 minutes later. When officers stopped the vehicle and approached, the suspect pulled a firearm from the vehicle and turned the gun on himself. The suspect died at the scene from the self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Names of those involved are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The incident remains under investigation.