The man who stole a car at gunpoint, shot at Phoenix Police officers, and then led them on a chase that ended with his suicide broadcast on national television was identified Saturday.

33 year-old Jodon Romero was a wanted felon with a long criminal history. According to police he was wanted for violating his parole for a weapons conviction and had numerous other violent crimes in his background.

At the end of an hour-long pursuit on an interstate West of Phoenix Friday, Romero pulled into the desert and then walked off the dirt road, put a gun to his head, and killed himself.