Manhunt ends as murder suspect shoots self

THE frantic manhunt for a jealous ex-husband who allegedly killed three former in-laws and his infant daughter before fleeing with three young girls ended near the Tennessee line when the suspect shot himself in the face during a police chase.

Jerry William Jones, 31, was in a critical condition and under armed guard yesterday at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, hospital, but was expected to survive, authorities said.

The girls his 10-year-old former stepdaughter and two of his daughters, aged three and four were unharmed following the pursuit late on Thursday, and released to the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan.