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GREENSBORO - A man under surveillance by police died in an apparent suicide Tuesday morning after being pulled over, a police official said.

At 9:30 a.m., Greensboro police were assisting the Secret Service in the surveillance of a man wanted on an outstanding warrant for committing financial fraud against the elderly throughout the Triad, Capt. Gary Hastings of the Greensboro police said.

A Greensboro police officer in an unmarked car stopped a white Cadillac Escalade in a parking lot across from the Koury Convention Center, just past the intersection of High Point and Pinecroft roads, Hastings said.

The man in the Escalade apparently shot himself before officers could approach the vehicle, he said. He was taken to Moses Cone Hospital but was dead upon arrival.

Police and the Secret Service often work together in solving financial crimes, Hastings said.

The man's name is not being released pending notification of next of kin.

Police will conduct a homicide investigation and the department's Internal Affairs unit will also investigate, which is typical procedure, he said.

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