Cherokee County Sheriff Deputies pursue a suspect into a rural wooded area. The suspect fled after striking a woman in the head with a gun, which had jammed when he attempted to shoot her.

Just after 4:00pm yesterday, deputies responded to the scene just west of Baxter Springs. Deputies, with assistance from the Baxter Springs Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol and the Quapaw Nation Marshal's Service established a perimeter. The Miami Police Department and Kansas Bureau of Investigation also responded to provide support. In addition to searching the wooded areas and fields within the vicinity, deputies also searched a camper on the property.

During the search of the camper, deputies located the suspect hiding in a closet. The suspect was identified as 46-year-old Joseph Gunsolus, who died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The woman was transported to a local hospital where she was treated and released.