EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., June 21 (UPI) -- Illinois motorists were witnesses to an apparent murder-suicide as a woman pleaded for help before being shot by a man who then shot himself, authorities said.
A 25-year-old Cahokia, Ill., woman ran from car to car on Interstate 64 Sunday begging for help before her boyfriend, following her, shot her in the head then turned the gun on himself, The Belleville (Ill.) News Democrat reported.
Illinois State police identified the gunman as Tommie Hill, 25, of East St. Louis, Ill. His victim was identified as Ashley Oliver.
Hill was pronounced dead at the scene, while Oliver was taken to a local hospital where she was declared dead, police Master Sgt. Dave Wasmuth said.
The incident was being treated as a murder-suicide growing out of a domestic dispute that apparently started in Hill's car on the highway, Wasmuth said.
Hill's 7-year-old daughter was still in the car when the shooting took place, police said.
The child, who was not Oliver's, was returned to the care of her mother, authorities said.
