A man accused of shooting and killing a woman on Monday, prompting a shootout with deputies, apparently died by suicide, officials report. The Cabarrus County Sheriff’s office was called to a home on Hammermill Drive near Hilldridge Lane in Harrisburg on Monday,

The sheriff’s office said on Tuesday that the suspect died “as a result of an apparent suicide,” according to an initial investigation, but the final determination will be made by the medical examiner’s office and State Bureau of Investigations. The suspect was identified as Willie Lawrence Wimbley, 47.