Texas double-murder suspect allegedly kills self after MHP pursuit

A man wanted for a double murder out of Texas allegedly killed himself in Pike County after a chase with troopers, officials said.

Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Brandon Fortenberry said MHP developed information on a vehicle at the Louisiana state line of a suspect traveling northbound in a Ford Escape with a tag that matched that of a wanted suspect out of Texas.

The man was allegedly wanted for a double homicide in Texas that occurred Wednesday.

Fortenberry said when troopers attempted a stop at Delaware Avenue in McComb, the suspect fled on I-55 and went northbound to mile marker 24 where he took the Lake Dixie Springs exit. From there, he traveled on Dixie Springs Road to U.S. 51 where he turned back south toward McComb.

Approximately one mile north of Summit, troopers were able to stop the suspect, who went off in a field and allegedly shot himself, officials said.

CBS Austin is reporting that a vehicle with the same tag number, a 2011 white Ford Escape with the Texas license plate FVX 4037, is connected to a suspect in a double homicide in West Travis County. His name is Randall Lee Burrows, 54, of Lakeway. Mississippi authorities have not confirmed that Burrows was the suspect in the vehicle on U.S. 51.

Texas authorities told The American-Statesman's Katie Hall and Rachel Rice that Burrows allegedly shot three people over a business dispute on Wednesday. Deputies responded about 7:40 p.m. to reports of a shooting and found a man and a woman dead on a residence’s front yard with shots in the head.

The third victim, a woman found with gunshot wounds in a home in the same area, is said to be in critical condition.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has been called in on the investigation in Pike County.

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