Local experts say the Cleveland Facebook killer's suicide late Tuesday morning will make the police investigation more hard.
Cleveland police say they are searching for Stephens, a homicide suspect, who broadcast the fatal shooting of another man live on Facebook on Sunday, April 16, 2017.
Following a nationwide manhunt, authorities were notified that Stephens' vehicle had been seen in a McDonald's parking lot near Erie, Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning. "We want to wrap our arms around him", Tonya Godwin-Baines told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Tuesday after Stephens' death.
It was all due to the quick thinking of a McDonald's employee that led police to Steve Stephens.
Employees at a McDonald's restaurant in the state spotted confessed killer Steve Stephens, 37, in their drive-thru and called police. "After a brief pursuit, Stephens shot and killed himself", the police said on Twitter, providing no further details.
Facebook slaying suspect Steve Stephens was undone by a 20-piece Chicken McNuggets and an order of fries.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said: "Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin Sr".
Police picked up the trail in a chase that lasted 2 miles before Stephens took his own life, authorities said.
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He says the video never should have been shared around the world.
The woman believed to be associated has said she is "overwhelmed" by the tragedy.
FOX 8's Gabe Spiegel spoke to the director of the board of Crime Stoppers who told him the beauty of giving tips to police is remaining anonymous.
Facebook relies largely on its 1.9 billion users to report posts that violate its terms of service, and it employs thousands of workers to examine those reports.
Facebook released a statement on Monday detailing how it will be reviewing its "reporting flows" to allow people report content that violates Facebook policies "as easily and quickly as possible".
Facebook drew criticism for not removing the gruesome video until two hours after Stephens posted it.
"We know we need to do better", Justin Osofsky, the company's vice president of global operations, said.
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