Timothy Allen Liess, 44
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TX fugitive shoots self as police near
Man in Knoxville regarding writing worthless check
Updated: Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 4:12 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, 4:10 PM EST
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police said a Texas fugitive pulled out a handgun and fatally shot himself as officers approached him in a motel parking lot in Knoxville.
Knoxville Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk told The Knoxville News Sentinel that Timothy Liess, 44, of Leander, Texas, near Austin, died outside the Extended StayAmerica motel around midnight Monday.
DeBusk said Texas authorities warned them that Liess had vowed "he would not to go back to jail."
When three officers spotted him in the motel parking lot and ordered to get down on his knees, he complied. But DeBusk said he then pulled a handgun from a pocket and committed suicide.
DeBusk was unsure of the three felony charges facing the fugitive in Texas. He was wanted in Knoxville for writing a worthless check.
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