BOSTON – The teenager who killed a police officer and a woman in Arkansas days after an attack in a Massachusetts gay bar shot himself in the head with the same gun used in the bar attack, authorities said.
Jacob Robida, 18, of New Bedford turned the gun on himself Saturday in a gunfight with Arkansas police shortly after he fatally shot a West Virginia woman who was in his car with him, Bristol District Attorney Paul Walsh Jr. said
“He was prepared not to come out of this alive,” Walsh said.
Police initially believed they had shot Robida Saturday after he fired at them at the end of a high-speed chase in rural Arkansas. Robida killed Gassville, Ark., police officer Jim Sell and led police on a 20-mile chase before being stopped in Norfork.
Police had searched for Robida since last Thursday, when they say he used a hatchet and handgun to attack three men at Puzzles Lounge, a gay bar in New Bedford.
Walsh said two of his investigators are in Arkansas and reviewed Robida’s autopsy report.
Robida’s autopsy proved that he was killed by the same gun used in the bar attack, Walsh said. That gun also fired the bullet that killed Jennifer Rena Bailey, 33, an acquaintance Robida had picked up after fleeing Massachusetts, he said.
Robida was shot just once, and Walsh said it was his understanding that no police bullets hit the car.
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