- Skylar Williams, 20, was allegedly abducted from the parking lot of Ohio State University's Mansfield campus Monday morning.
- Police identified Ty'rell Pounds, the 24-year-old father of Williams' son, as her suspected abductor.
- The former couple were found shot dead later that afternoon after leading police on a chase through Kentucky.
- Cops have not said whether it was a bullet from one of their guns or from Pounds' that killed Williams.
The search for a missing Ohio State University student and young mother has ended tragically.
Skylar Williams, 20, was allegedly kidnapped from the parking lot of OSU's Mansfield campus just before noon on Monday, according to a press release from the school's Department of Public Safety.
Early on, local authorities identified Ty'rell Pounds, the 24-year-old father of Williams' son, as her suspected abductor.
The two were later found shot dead that afternoon, after allegedly leading police on a chase through Kentucky.
According to a news release from the Kentucky State Police, someone called 911 around 3:24 p.m. on Monday when they saw a man force a woman into a vehicle at a gas station in Gallatin County.
Ohio State Highway Patrol said the vehicle matched the description of a dark-colored Dodge Caravan that Pounds is believed to have stolen at gunpoint earlier that day.
Cops later spotted the vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 71, in Henry County, but the driver of the van allegedly refused to stop.
This sparked a police chase that went for about 20 miles, according to the Courier-Journal.
Police said the chase finally came to an end when Pounds pulled off at a ramp and then tried to re-enter the interstate. But police were waiting and the van had nowhere to go.
As a trooper was attempting to apprehend Pounds, he said he heard a gunshot coming from within the vehicle "which he perceived as an immediate deadly threat to himself the female passenger," according to the news release, so he "drew his service weapon and fired."
When officers opened the vehicle, they found both Pounds and Williams suffering fom gunshot wounds, state police said. Pounds died at the scene while Williams was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
According to police, Williams was struck by at least one round of gunfire, but they have not determined whether that round came from troopers or Pounds.
The Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team is investigating.
Before the abduction, Pounds wrote a Facebook post identifying himself as the father of Williams' son, according to WMFD.
In the post, he complained about relationship issues, a custody battle and lamented that his son would grow up without his parents.
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