OSCEOLA — A homicide suspect took his own life early Monday morning in Clarke County during a traffic stop.
Chad Kelly, 45, of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, was suspected of shooting and killing David Willey, 46, of Trenton, on Elison Street in Trenton May 10, according to a Trenton Police Department press release.
The Iowa State Patrol attempted to stop Kelly at approximately 1 a.m. Monday, May 11, on Interstate 35 in Clarke County but Kelly continued. The Clarke County Sheriff’s Office and Osceola Police Department assisted state patrol, deploying stop sticks which disabled the vehicle Kelly was driving.
When law enforcement approached the vehicle, Kelly was discovered to be deceased by way of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
More details may be released by the Trenton Police Department as they become available.