The man suspected of fatally shooting an off-duty police officer during a fake traffic stop in Logan County, Kentucky, then fleeing in a stolen truck, was shot and killed by deputies in Tennessee.

Kentucky State Police Trooper Rob Austin added in a statement that James K. Decoursey, 34, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, “had a brief encounter with law enforcement” officials in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he “was shot and died from his injuries.” He said the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating.

Austin said at a Thursday-night news conference 38-year-old Hopkinsville officer Phillip Meacham was shot that afternoon and taken to a hospital, where he died.

Hopkinsville police say Decoursey, impersonating an officer, tried to pull over the vehicle Meacham was driving, then shot him.

Police said Decoursey fled on foot, then took off in a 1997 white Chevrolet pickup truck. Austin said at the time Decoursey may have changed vehicles and should be treated as armed and dangerous. He said a Tennessee Highway Patrol helicopter was aiding in the search, along with multiple other police agencies.

Decoursey had an extensive criminal history, including several felony charges.

Meacham, who was married and had two school-age children, had been with the Hopkinsville department since May 2017 and before that worked for about 14 years with the Christian County Sheriff’s Department, Austin said.

Hopkinsville Police Chief Clayton Sumner told reporters mental-health professionals and chaplains had been brought in to help Meacham’s co-workers.

He also said he spoke briefly to Meacham’s widow and told her two things: “We will find him,” and “I’m sorry.”

In Frankfort, lawmakers in the House stood for a moment of silence after Rep. Walker Wood Thomas of Hopkinsville announced an officer had been shot.

Hopkinsville is about 73 miles northwest of Nashville.