A father suspected of killing his estranged wife and abducting their two young daughters killed himself on Tuesday night.

Brian Patterson, 38, shot himself in a car in front of the girls, Brianna, 4, and Aliyah, 3, in Thornton last night, Aurora police said. He died at a hospital at 10:30 p.m.

Patterson and the girls were the subject of an Amber Alert after Pamela Patterson’s body was found at about 11 a.m. She had been shot numerous times. The girls’ mother, Pamela Patterson, filed for divorce from Brian Patterson in January.

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