The capital murder suspect police say shot his pregnant ex-girlfriend and two young children one week ago turned the gun on himself during a police chase Tuesday night, authorities said.

Andrew Haweis Goldsmith IV, 34, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of 24-year-old Corieonna Shantrice Hines. He is also charged with attempted murder in the shooting of Hines’ 7-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old girl.

Authorities say Hines identified Goldsmith during as the assailant moments before she took her last breaths. Formal warrants against him were obtained were obtained Thursday, and Crime Stoppers listed Goldsmith as one of the agency’s “most wanted.”

Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the Birmingham Police Department’s Crime Reduction Unit – which is a fugitive apprehension team – was searching for Goldsmith, who had a past relationship with Hines.

Late Tuesday night, they spotted Goldsmith walking to a gas station in the 1600 block of Bessemer Road in Five Points West. As they tried to take him into custody, the suspect jumped into a burgundy sedan and took off, almost ramming officers.

Two officers were involved in a minor accident in the pursuit of Goldsmith.

Officers continue to pursue him eastbound on Bessemer Road. When they approached the Five Points West intersection of Bessemer Road and Avenue W, Goldsmith struck an innocent motorist, Fitzgerald said. She received only minor injuries.

He then crashed into a chain link fence near the Birmingham Crossplex and the Comfort Inn, across the street from the Taco Bell.

Fitzgerald said detectives were locked into the vehicle but Goldsmith did not exit and a standoff followed. “We knew that we were not making contact with Andrew, that he did not leave the vehicle,’’ he said.

Detectives attempted to make contact with him and its then they saw he was injured.

They approached the vehicle and found him unresponsive in the driver’s seat suffering from a gunshot wound they believe to be self-inflicted. Detectives recovered a gun from the vehicle.

“No one heard the gunshot, but detectives became worried when they never saw him exit,’’ Fitzgerald said. “They shined some lights on him and notice he was injured.”

Goldsmith was taken to UAB Hospital with critical injuries.

Fitzgerald said it was not immediately clear if the burgundy sedan belonged to Goldsmith.

“When I heard the area he was in, I was surprised he was this close,’’ Fitzgerald said, referring to the ongoing search for him.

“About two or three days after this (the fatal shooting) took place,’’ he said, “our intelligence unit gathered information that Andrew Goldsmith had made several remarks that he was not going to be taken into custody without a fight.”

“We are very thankful we have the Crime Reduction Team that goes after these violent fugitives,’’ he said. “This is an individual that stated he was not going to go peacefully. I was very shocked that he was still this close to us.”

The shooting happened at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at a small apartment complex in the 100 block of Ninth Avenue West.

North Precinct officers arrived on the scene and found Hines and the two girls had sustained gunshot wounds.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pronounced Hines dead on the scene. The two injured girls were taken to the hospital.

Hines, a mother of two, was also in her first trimester of pregnancy. Family members said Hines’ daughter was shot nine times.

A GoFundMe has been launched to help with Hines’ funeral.

Goldsmith in 2017 was charged with two counts of capital murder and two counts of attempted murder in Midfield, but was acquitted of those charges two years later.

At the time of his Midfield arrest, Goldsmith was already awaiting trial on an attempted murder charge out of Bessemer in a 2016 case where authorities Goldsmith and another man opened fire on a male victim who also was inside a vehicle. He was shot in the neck, arm and foot.

He pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the Bessemer case in 2021 and was sentenced to 20 years in prison with three to serve and five years on probation. It is that case in which prosecutors are seeking to revoke his probation.

“On January 31, 2023, Goldsmith was identified via a dying declaration as the shooter of his pregnant girlfriend and her baby, both of which are deceased, as well as shooting two children ages seven and 13′’ wrote Bessemer Cutoff Assistant District Attorney Lane Tolbert in a request to revoke Goldsmith’s probation in a previous case.

A judge has issued a warrant for his arrest for probation violation, court records show.

Goldsmith in 2013 pleaded guilty to felony drug possession and unlawful breaking and entering of a vehicle. He was sentenced to four years in prison, with one to serve.

Fitzgerald said he did not know if Goldsmith was the father of Hines’ unborn baby.

He said he’s thankful Goldsmith was quickly identified as the suspect and charged.

“Certainly anytime you have an individual doesn’t mind shooting three young ladies, two being a 13-year-old and a 7-year-old, you just know what you’re up against as far as his potential for violence,’’ he said. “It’s just a sad reminder of what our public is up against and what our officers face on a daily basis.”