Fugitive Casey White said he planned shootout before officers rammed his car into ditch, sheriff says

Suspected killer Casey White planned to engage in a shootout with authorities who were chasing him and Alabama corrections official Vicky White in Indiana but the escaped inmate was prevented from doing so because officers rammed the fugitives' car into a ditch, a sheriff said Tuesday. Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding told reporters Tuesday authorities found several guns in their car after they were captured.

"He said that he was probably going to have a shootout at the stake of both of them losing their lives," Wedding said, referring to Casey White. "Their plan was pretty faulty. They're criminals, their plan was faulty, and it failed, thank God."

The chase brought an end to a nationwide manhunt. Vicky White, who was accused of helping the capital murder suspect escape from jail last month, died hours later from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities.