A Rhode Island man was fatally shot by police following a double homicide and a wild chase Wednesday apparently triggered by a peeping Tom incident.
52-year-old James Harrison gunned down his own mother and a next-door neighbor and shot a 15-year-old girl who survived her injuries before fleeing the scene to a nearby cemetery, police said.
When officers finally located his vehicle, Harrison reportedly “drove at these police officers head-on towards their vehicles nearly striking them,” Police Chief Michael Winquist said.
“A pursuit took place after that incident,” the official said adding that Harrison drove erratically through Plainfield Pike before crashing into a police cruiser and then into a rock.
The gunman eventually emerged from his car pointing a firearm at officers who shot him dead. Some of the responding officers were taken to hospital for evaluation following the chase.
A motive for the incident has yet to be determined but neighbors reported that Harrison was caught earlier this week peeping into a stranger's house.
