Marietta Man Who Shot Himself Dies, Police Release ID

The man who shot himself in the head during a high-speed chase has died, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Clark Millsap identified him as James Lamar Kemp, 46, whose last known address was in Marietta.

Following an alleged physical domestic dispute at a home near Adairsville early Saturday morning, Kemp led responding deputies on a pursuit that ended on Interstate 75 in Cartersville, police say. He had allegedly kicked in his ex-wife's door.

North of Cass-White Road, Kemp's vehicle struck a guard rail. Deputies found him slumped over the steering wheel with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Kemp was pronounced dead Sunday morning at Floyd Medical Center, where he had been in critical condition.