GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — A suspect shot and killed himself on Dec. 6 as Greenville Police Department officers confronted him with an arrest warrant, according to GPD.
The suspect was 36-year-old Juan De Dios Leyea-Marcial.
Officers attempted to serve the arrest warrant on Leyea-Marcial for the rape of a child. When they entered the residence and confronted him with the warrant, he shot and killed himself, GPD said.
His body has been taken to the William L. Jenkins Forensic Center in Johnson City for an autopsy, GPD said.
No one else was injured during the incident, according to GPD.
