DEA AGENT KILLS SELF AFTER FLEEING POLICE

He Was Suspected Of Killing Ex-Girlfriend

A federal drug agent suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend in Orange
County, Calif., on Oct. 27 shot and killed himself Saturday while
being chased by police in Louisiana, officials said.

Tony Gerard Bailey, 35, had been the subject of a nationwide search
since Wednesday when witnesses and police said he shot and killed Veda
Harris and wounded her sister, Wendy Campbell, in a jealous rage at
Campbell's home in Fullerton, Calif., 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

On Saturday morning, the Drug Enforcement Administration agent showed
up at a home in Opelousas -- a small town north of Lafayette, La. --
that was already under surveillance by police there, said Fullerton
police Sgt. Kevin Hamilton. He declined to say how police knew to
target the home.

"The officers saw him pull in, confronted him and engaged in a brief
foot pursuit," Hamilton said. "During the chase, (Bailey) shot himself
with a pistol."

Hamilton said Bailey arrived at the house in the 1996 black Ford
Explorer he was last seen driving from the scene of the shootings in
Fullerton. Police say they believe the gun he used to take his own
life was the 9 mm handgun he fired four times inside Campbell's home.
DEA officials have said the gun is not his duty weapon because Bailey
has not had access to it for two years.

Bailey, a 10-year agent with the DEA, had been on paid administrative
leave since 1997, when he was charged with felony child abuse for
allegedly shaking his infant daughter so violently that she suffered
permanent brain damage. A judge dropped the charges a year later.

Campbell's fiance, James Fife, 45, said Saturday he was relieved that
the search was over so his family can "start healing."