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Home Invader Who Committed Suicide Also Suspect In Pennsylvania Murder
 
Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008 - 04:00 PM Updated: 04:56 PM
 
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By Elizabeth Owens

*** Wednesday Update ***

Police in New Holland, Pennsylvania confirm Meints was a suspect in a deadly home invasion there.  Meints is accused of robbing Anna Sensenig, 80, at gunpoint in her home.   She died days later at the hospital. 

 

A standoff in Spartanburg County ended when a man shot and killed himself. Deputies say the only person in the home at the time of the shooting was a three year old boy.

Investigators say the suspect invaded a home on Air Park Drive around six Sunday night. They say he used a gun to steal a wallet and car from the family inside the home.

Deputies say the suspect fled to a friend's home on Dean Road in Greer where they say he fired shots.

They say two women and two children ran out of the house. They say one of the mothers forgot to grab her three year old son.

Officers tried to make contact with suspect but had no success. Around 8:40pm Sunday they stormed the home. They discovered the man dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The Spartanburg County Coroner's Office says Travis Jonathan Meints, 21, of Pennsylvania had a gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy is planned for Monday.  They found the three year old boy unharmed in the back bedroom.