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Steve Stephens, Killer Sought In Facebook Killing, Shoots Himself To Death
Topic Started: Apr 18 2017, 12:16 PM (7 Views)
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Washington Times: Steve Stephens, suspect in Facebook video killing, shoots himself to death

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CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who randomly killed a Cleveland retiree and posted video of the crime on Facebook shot himself to death on Tuesday in Pennsylvania, police said.

Pennsylvania State Police said Steve Stephens was spotted Tuesday morning in Erie County, in the state’s northwest corner.

Authorities say officers tried to pull Stephens over and, after a brief pursuit, he shot and killed himself. He was wanted on an aggravated murder charge in the shooting death of a 74-year-old man who was picking up aluminum cans on Sunday after spending Easter with his family.

Stephens posted a video of himself killing Robert Godwin Sr., a former foundry worker who had 10 children, police said. In it, he said, “I snapped, I just snapped.”

Stephens, 37, shared a recording on Sunday of himself announcing his plan to kill someone, then two minutes later posted another video of himself shooting and killing Godwin, Facebook said. A few minutes after that, he went live and confessed, the company said.

The company said it disabled Stephen’s account within 23 minutes of receiving the first report about the video of the fatal shooting and two hours after receiving any report. Facebook has since announced it was launching a review for reporting harmful content.
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