BLACKFOOT — A suspect died and two passengers in his car were injured during an officer-involved shooting on Wednesday afternoon south of Blackfoot, Idaho State Police said.

The deceased has been identified as Zachary Wayne Pace, 36, of St. Anthony, the Bonneville County Coroner’s Office said.

The shooting occurred around 12:50 p.m. on Highway 91 at Interstate 15’s South Blackfoot Exit and ended what had been a lengthy high-speed chase.

No law enforcement officers were injured during the shooting but Pace, who was driving the car, died and his two adult passengers were injured, Idaho State Police said.

Authorities said they had been searching for Pace in connection to an earlier case of eluding, kidnapping and aggravated assault.

The chase began after Blackfoot police located Pace’s vehicle at a local hotel around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. As the officers approached the hotel, Pace sped away in his vehicle with the two passengers and the pursuit ensued, state police said.

Bingham County sheriff’s deputies and Fort Hall police eventually joined Blackfoot police in the pursuit, which ended when Pace crashed his car on Highway 91 at the southbound Interstate 15 South Blackfoot Exit on-ramp, state police said.

“As law enforcement approached the suspect, multiple shots were fired and the 36-year-old suspect was struck,” state police said in a news release about the incident. Authorities said Pace was armed at the time of the incident but have not yet released any further details on the shooting.

Officers with the Bingham County Sheriff’s Office and Blackfoot Police Department fatally shot Pace, authorities said.

Police from multiple agencies responded to the shooting after it happened to help with the investigation, and Highway 91 from the Interstate 15 South Blackfoot Exit to Sand Road was shut down until late Wednesday night.

Multiple ambulances also responded to the incident and an emergency helicopter landed at the scene.

The officer-involved shooting ended a lengthy high-speed chase that began at the Blackfoot hotel, traveled west on Highway 39, returned to Blackfoot and ended on Highway 91 with Pace being fatally shot by officers, state police said.

The names of the two injured passengers in Pace’s car have not been released. Both passengers were transported by ambulances to local hospitals where they were treated and later released. Neither passenger has been criminally charged, police said.

Pace was also transported via ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Idaho State Police as well as officers from the Pocatello and Chubbuck police departments responded to the scene following the shooting.

State police are leading the investigation into the incident with help from other local law enforcement agencies.

The names of the officers who shot Pace will not be released at this time, authorities said.