WAGRAM — Authorities have identified the people involved in what appears to be an attempted murder and suicide that ended on a busy Wagram thoroughfare Wednesday afternoon.
Police say 74-year-old Henderson Clarke killed himself after shooting 51-year-old Mary Gillespie numerous times. It is believed the two were in a relationship.
The incident began at a home off North Turnpike Road, according to Wagram Police Chief Kenneth Locklear.
“Gillespie was shot several times at the home,” Locklear said “It then ensued in a vehicle pursuit between the two of them.”
After being shot, Gillespie was able to get into her older model Buick and drive away with Clarke following in his own vehicle, according to Locklear.
Clarke trailed Gillespie’s car for about five miles until they reached Main Street in downtown Wagram where he fired several more shots, Locklear said.
Police said Clarke was found dead at the scene due to self-inflicted injuries.
Gillespie was airlifted to an undisclosed hospital where she is listed in critical, but stable condition.
The vehicles continued to sit in the middle of Main Street/US 401 between Riverton Road and Bundy streets as investigators did their work. One car had glass broken out of its back window. A sheet covered a portion of the other vehicle. U.S. 401 was briefly blocked off until the scene could be cleared.
No one else was injured in the shooting.