{"id":337176,"date":"2026-06-15T16:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337176\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T16:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:24:10","slug":"driver-shot-himself-during-north-richland-hills-police-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/337176\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver shot himself during North Richland Hills police chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_2079.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A theft suspect who fatally shot himself during a car chase with North Richland Hills police crashed on Loop 820 in Fort Worth on Sunday night, June 14, 2026, police said.\" alt=\"A theft suspect who fatally shot himself during a car chase with North Richland Hills police crashed on Loop 820 in Fort Worth on Sunday night, June 14, 2026, police said.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A theft suspect who fatally shot himself during a car chase with North Richland Hills police crashed on Loop 820 in Fort Worth on Sunday night, June 14, 2026, police said.<\/p>\n<p>            TxDOT traffic camera<\/p>\n<p>A theft suspect in a vehicle whom police officers pursued from a store in North Richland Hills <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18Tn3ipPZP\/\">died on Sunday in Fort Worth<\/a> of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, a 58-year-old man whose name authorities have not released, was driving and crashed near the 4700 block of West Loop 820, hitting a light pole and stopping in traffic lanes, authorities said. As officers approached the vehicle, they found the suspect\u2019s slumped body.<\/p>\n<p>North Richland Hills Police Department officers chased the vehicle from a Walmart on Northeast Loop 820 into the city of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>No Fort Worth officers were involved in the pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth police detectives are investigating the man\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/230256844\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/EmersonClarridge_Profile.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Emerson Clarridge\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/230256844\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emerson Clarridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A theft suspect who fatally shot himself during a car chase with North Richland Hills police crashed on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-337176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}