The 18-year-old wanted in the fatal shooting of a teen in West Baltimore last month died by suicide Thursday night, police said.

Baltimore City and Baltimore County police heard a single gunshot at a home in Woodlawn where they were executing a search-and-seizure warrant around 8:30 p.m., city police officials said.

In the basement, officers found Christian Hursey, who was being sought by Baltimore Police in connection with Jada Sellers’ death, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Baltimore Police said.

Sellers, 17, was shot in the early hours of July 31 in the 700 block of Lyndhurst Street. She died of her injuries on Aug. 12. She was a student at Milford Mill Academy, where she was a cheerleader, and worked at soul food restaurant Georgia Peach.

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“Last night’s events mark a tragic ending to an already tragic case, in which two young people lost their lives to senseless gun violence,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said in a news release. “While the circumstances surrounding their deaths are very different, both families are now left to grieve the devastating loss of two young people. Our thoughts remain with them during this incredibly difficult time.”

Sellers’ cousin, Heber Brown III, told WJZ, The Banner’s media partner, that she and Hursey previously were in a relationship.

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“Jada’s mom and dad opened their doors to him, allowed him to come in and really embraced him as family,” he told the news station. Their family had shared meals with Hursey’s family, Brown added.

In a statement shared with The Banner on Friday, Sellers’ family thanked the Baltimore City Police Department, Mayor Brandon Scott and other agencies and community members who aided the investigation. However, they said they don’t take comfort in Hursey’s death.

“While we are thankful that he is no longer able to hurt anyone else, we recognize that the factors of his life that led him to commit such a heinous act are still present in our society,” the statement read. “We won’t find full solace until all girls and women are safe from the sin and crime of interpersonal violence.”

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If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts or behavior, call or text 988 to contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

This story has been updated.