A 37-year-old man fatally shot himself Tuesday afternoon after firing at his wife outside the Brownsville Police Station, according to Brownsville Police Chief Felix Sauceda.

Sauceda said the woman was going to the police department to file charges against her husband.

The suspect, identified as 37-year-old Ernesto Martinez Tagal, was waiting in the parking lot, according to Sauceda. As soon as Tagal saw the woman drive up with a companion, he exited his vehicle and began shooting at her.

Sauceda said after shooting at the victim, the suspect turned the gun on himself; the female victim and her companion were not injured.

The entrance to the police station was temporarily blocked off to the public as part of the investigation.

Brownsville Independent School District announced on their

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