( CNN ) -- A man suspected of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman was shot by his captive , police in Mount Juliet , Tennessee , said Friday after the man 's body was discovered in neighboring Mississippi . The incident began Wednesday afternoon when police say suspect Stephen Cronk , 58 , asked the woman to meet at a Mount Juliet gas station after she got off work . The man told her he was moving away and wanted to meet with the woman , a prior acquaintance , one last time , police said . The woman agreed to the meeting . The woman willingly got into Cronk 's truck before he pulled out a handgun , according to police . Cronk proceeded to restrain the woman to the seat using duct tape , police said , then drove to a hotel in Aberdeen , Mississippi , about 250 miles away . At the hotel , the woman was forced to perform sexual acts on Cronk , according to police . At one point , the woman asked Cronk to get her a drink . While he was doing so , she managed to get control of the gun and shot him in the stomach , according to Aberdeen Police Chief Henry Randle . After the shooting , the woman locked herself in the bathroom until she heard Cronk leave the hotel , Randle said . Cronk 's body was discovered Friday in his 2004 Nissan pickup by a gas station clerk at a local truck stop about 15 miles from the hotel . He was pronounced dead at the scene . An autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death . The woman has been returned to her family in Gallatin , Tennessee , Mount Juliet police said .
The woman managed to get control of the suspect 's gun and shot him , police say . The man 's body was discovered Friday in Mississippi . Comment: