BATON ROUGE - A suspect fleeing a traffic stop early Sunday morning died after he struck a semi-truck.

According Police, an officer attempted to stop 29-year-old Artis Cain for a traffic violation around 1 a.m. on the 3300 block of Nicholson Drive. Cain then fled from the officer and crashed into a tanker truck near Chippewa Street and Scenic Highway. Authorities say that Cain then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound

Cain was pronounced dead at the scene.