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AURORA, Ind. (WXIX) - A man is dead and a suspect is in custody after an early Thursday manhunt in Dearborn County.

The situation that lasted hours first began around 5:45 a.m. when the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to the area of US 50 near Campo Verde Drive and Gilday Drive in Dillsboro for reported gunshots.

The caller said a blue SUV was going east on the highway and one person inside “did not look good,” according to the sheriff’s office.

Shortly before 6 a.m., a sergeant spotted a blue SUV stopped on Hueseman Road.

The sergeant walked up to the vehicle and had a “brief interaction” with the driver, who then took off driving.

Officers heading to the area lost sight of the SUV for a short amount of time, the sheriff’s office s

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