Pursuit of murder suspect ends with one dead

A murder suspect out of East Baton Rouge who led Mississippi Gulf Coast law enforcement on a low-speed pursuit Monday is now deceased.

Eric Derell Smith, 30, was accused of fatally shooting two people and then fleeing the scene with a 4-month-old baby. The child is currently in stable condition at a Biloxi hospital, according to WLBT.

A journalist on the scene indicated that Smith was holding the baby while firing at police during the chase.

#BREAKING Looks like law enforcement successfully stopped this murder suspect after a chase that started in Baton Rouge.

I got word that the suspect was holding a child and firing at police as he was being chased.@WLOX pic.twitter.com/vDBjZyEQv0

— Andrés Fuentes (@news_fuentes) May 3, 2021