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Police: Man who shot himself after chase has died

Update, 10:40 a.m. Sunday:

Robert Allain, the man police say shot himself in the head after a chase with officers in South Anchorage early Saturday, died at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, a spokeswoman said.

In an email, police spokeswoman Anita Shell also said that the woman he had been in a dispute with earlier was his fiance, not ex-girlfriend, as police originally reported.

Earlier story:

A man was hospitalized early Saturday with life-threatening injuries after shooting himself in the head following a chase by police officers in South Anchorage, a police spokeswoman said.

Police got a 911 call at 3:51 a.m. from a woman who said her former boyfriend, 35-year-old Robert Allain, had come to her home and threatened her with a gun, police spokeswoman Anita Shell said in an email.

Officers saw Allain's vehicle a few minutes later driving east near Dimond Boulevard and Victor Road, Shell said, and turned on their flashing lights and tried to stop him.

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"Allain refused to stop and led officers on a pursuit southbound on Minnesota until he lost control and crashed his vehicle in the median near Klatt and C Street," Shell said. "The pursuit lasted approximately four minutes."

"As officers approached the driver's side door, Allain produced a gun and fired a single shot at his own head. Allain was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. No other persons were injured in these incidents," Shell said.

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