A fugitive from Johnson County was hitching a ride in a semi when it was pulled over on a Pennsylvania interstate on Monday.

When the driver got out, but the 48-year-old man from Whiteland, Indiana, got into the driver's seat and drove off.  Police chased the man until the semi got stuck in the grass in Hazelton.

The man then fired a gun at police. Police shot back and the man was killed, said the Times of Northwest Indiana.

The man, who's name hasn't be released, was wanted for violating his probation, said police.