At Rest

Deadly force
At about 4:30 a.m., Raleigh police attempted to stop a other involved in a kidnapping, police said. The driver of the other drove off, and officers pursued. The Highway Patrol used stop sticks to end the chase on U.S. 264 near exit 436 and then Hugo Yaret Cortes-Ramirez fled on foot. Cortes exchanged gunfire with Raleigh police officers. He was found dead in the woods following that exchange, and police said it may have been suicide.
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