A suspect and Virginia State Police K9 are dead after a police pursuit on Interstate 95.
The chase ended in a crash and gunfire Wednesday morning.
The man killed during the officer-involved shooting has been identified as Tramaine Marquese Poole, 41, New Haven Police Chief Anthony Campbell said.
Campbell says Poole was wanted for the murder of 28-year-old Tyekqua Nesbitt who was shot to death in front of her two children in New Haven, Connecticut on May 31.
Poole was also wanted in New Haven for the first-degree shooting assault of his wife on May 7.
Wednesday’s incident started around 8:15 a.m. when a State Police Trooper identified a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of Connecticut, according to state police.
Shots were fired from the suspect’s vehicle as officers with the State Police Drug Interdiction Task Force initiated a traffic stop on I-95 south of Sussex County, according to Virginia State Police spokesperson Sgt. Michelle Anaya.
One of the suspect’s bullets struck a state police narcotics detection canine riding in the back-seat compartment. The canine did not survive his injuries.
The suspect’s vehicle eventually exited I-95 north at Exit 24.
Once off the interstate, more shots were fired from the suspect’s vehicle toward police.
The situation ended with a crash near the intersection of Bell Road and Loco School Road in Yale, Virginia.
Once the vehicle was stopped, Virginia State Police said troopers returned fire with the male suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
No Virginia State Police troopers were hurt in the incident.