By VICTORIA SCHNAUFFER, Student Reporter
The week long manhunt for murder suspect, Michael Vance, ended late Sunday evening during a shoot-out with police.
Michael Vance was due in court on charges of sexual assault of a child, this week.
It was recorded that Vance had the aids virus which is shared by sexual contact and blood. He was accused of being inappropriate with a 15-year- old female.
Last Sunday, Oct. 23, Vance found himself in a shoot-out with police, in Lincoln County, leaving two police officers wounded.
Early Monday morning, Oct. 24, during the hunt for Vance, police found the bodies of Vance’s aunt and uncle, Valerie Kay and Ronald Wilkson, in their Luther home.
Police said that Vance left the scene of the first police shoot out, in a police vehicle, then car jacked a nearby vehicle and possibly found a third.
Vance was also accused of shooting a store clerk, in the leg, in Sayre and attempted to take her vehicle. She is in recovery.
Throughout his run from authorities, Vance used Facebook live stream to send out two messages in a stolen truck. He showed his gun in the videos and claims things would get more intense. He continued to make threats to other family members. Authorities were afraid he would try to spread the aids virus to others.
Around 9:30 pm, on Sunday evening, Vance entered into another shootout with Dewey County Sherriff, Clay Saunder, who pulled over the vehicle Vance was traveling in. Saunder was shot twice and Vance escaped.
Fourty-five minutes later, Vance was shot and killed during a second shooting.
Vance was wanted on two counts of first-degree murder, unauthorized use of a vehicle and being a felon in possession of a firearm.