UPDATED: Police shoot, kill man wanted for slaying of trombone player
Published 1:33 pm Friday, April 13, 2018
- Steven Brooks
SOUTH STRABANE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities say a man wanted for gunning down a Florida trombone player as she left orchestra practice has been killed after he pulled a gun on officers trying to make a traffic stop.
State police say troopers tried to stop Steven Brooks late Thursday for erratic driving in South Strabane, about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. They say the 45-year-old St. Petersburg, Florida, man drove off the wrong way down Interstate 70 before crashing into a bridge support column.
Brooks then fled on foot and scaled a fence before pulling out a gun. Authorities say he refused orders to drop the weapon and was shot.
A manhunt had been underway for Brooks since the February killing of Caroline Morton-Hicks.
Police in Madison County, Alabama, say Brooks was tracked to a home there. That led to a standoff with police Wednesday night, but he managed to flee.