The hunt for an armed fugitive from Stokes County came to a grisly conclusion in Burlington where the suspect shot himself after police officers cornered him on the grounds of Springwood Park.
Thomas Mark Sharp reportedly turned the gun on himself rather than surrender to the officers, who had confronted him near the park’s soccer fields on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Burlington’s police department, Sharp had been on the run from a charge of attempted first-degree murder that the office of Stokes County’s sheriff had filed against him. His flight apparently brought him to the western border of Burlington, where his vehicle was spotted in the vicinity of Springwood Park at about 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday…