Stephens had worked since 2008, without any disciplinary problems, at Beech Brook, a behavioral health agency that serves children, the organization said. The police said on Twitter that there was no indication he was in the area, and on Tuesday, the Baltimore Police Department on Twitter debunked reports of sightings there as вЂњunfounded.вЂќ Several schools in Philadelphia were placed on lockdown on Monday after the police received multiple reports that he had been spotted at a park. StephensвЂ™s face and name appeared on digital billboards across the country, a $50,000 reward was offered, and the police received nearly 400 tips from people claiming to have information about him. Investigators had picked up a вЂњpingвЂќ from his cellphone near Erie on Sunday and had searched the area without success, Chief Williams said. StephensвЂ™s flight, set off intense news coverage, widespread fear and a vast hunt involving the F.B.I., the United States Marshals Service, and several state and local police agencies. вЂњWe would like to have brought Steve in peacefully, and really talk to him and find out exactly why this happened, because there might be other people out there in similar situations that we can help,вЂќ said Calvin D.

He later spoke with the police by phone, although officials have not revealed what was said. In another video he posted, he said that he had killed multiple people, but the police said there was only one known victim. Stephens, the restaurant staff tried to stall him by holding on to his fries while calling the police. and bought a 20-piece order of Chicken McNuggets and a large order of French fries for $5.35, Henry Sayers, the restaurant manager, said in an interview. Stephens, 37, pulled into the drive-through lane of a McDonaldвЂ™s on Buffalo Road around 11 a.m.

But he ended his life near Erie, Pa., about 100 miles from Cleveland, where on Sunday he walked up to a stranger, Robert Godwin Sr., fatally shot him, and then posted the video for the world to see.Дriving a white Ford Fusion sedan, Mr. Stephens had spread across a wide area of the country, with apparently false sightings reported in eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan and even Texas. And as ATF Director, Steve will play a leading role in ensuring robust implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and driving forward other executive actions to fight crime and save lives.Two days after an extraordinary crime, a murder that the killer recorded on video and posted to Facebook, it was a hankering for something as reassuringly normal as a McDonaldвЂ™s meal that tripped him up on Tuesday, when a manhunt ended with a tip to the police, a brief chase and the gunmanвЂ™s suicide. At the same time, my Administration will build on our record of taking historic executive action. I will continue to call on Congress to build on this momentum and ban assault weapons, expand background checks, and pass safe storage laws. And it is my hope that we can continue working together to keep Americans safe вЂ“ especially our children вЂ“ from mass shootings like those in Uvalde, Buffalo, and Highland Park, as well as the daily acts of gun violence that donвЂ™t make national headlines. Conference of Mayors.ДЇollowing the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, todayвЂ™s vote is another important sign that both parties can come together to support law enforcement and stand up against the horrific scourge of gun violence. His work and reputation have earned him the support of former ATF directors whoвЂ™ve led the department over the last 40 years, in addition to a wide range of law enforcement organizations and leaders, including police chiefs and sheriffs across the country. SteveвЂ™s distinguished prosecutorial experience spans over two decades at the Department of Justice under four different administrations, two Republican and two Democratic.

The Senate just took an important, bipartisan step by confirming Steve Dettelbach, an extraordinarily qualified and decorated career prosecutor with strong support across the law enforcement community, to be the first permanent head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in over 7 years. As IвЂ™ve made clear time and time again, the answer to the rise in crime my administration inherited is not to defund law enforcement itвЂ™s to provide law enforcement with the resources and support they need to succeed in working effectively with the communities they serve.

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