Man suspected in father’s death shoots self, dies

Police said an Allegan County man suspected of gunning down his 73-year-old father has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The Allegan County Sheriff's Department said Roger Polmanteer, 50, shot himself in the face with a rifle as deputies pursued him Friday. The Holland Sentinel reported he died Saturday afternoon. The Sheriff's Department said a relative found the body of Lloyd Polmanteer on Thursday in the Watson Township home he and his son shared.

AP Wire

Oct 10, 2011

On Friday morning, the department said it got a call that the son was trying to use his father’s credit card at a restaurant in Allegan Township, just west of Allegan. When deputies arrived, they found him outside.

Police said he ran behind the restaurant, grabbed a rifle and shot himself.