By Zach Perkins
Port Aransas South Jetty

A man who died following a police pursuit in Port Aransas has been identified as Nicholas Linger of Dripping Springs, according to Port Aransas Det. Amy Jamison.

While being pursued by police, Linger, 33, crashed his car and then was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, on State Highway 361, according to Port Aransas Police Chief Scott Burroughs.

Jamison said that Linger had no reason to run from police.

“There’s nothing that led us to k...