( CNN ) -- A man suspected of abducting and sexually assaulting a Central Michigan University student posted a final goodbye a few hours later on his Facebook page shortly before an officer fatally shot him , authorities said Friday . `` Well folks , I 'm about to get shot . Peace , '' was 30-year-old Eric Ramsey 's last post to his Facebook wall around 3:15 a.m. Thursday , Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski told CNN in a telephone interview . Ramsey had abducted the student from CMU 's campus about 2.5 hours northwest of Detroit on Wednesday evening , then drove her to a home where he bound and sexually assaulted her , the sheriff 's department said in a news release . After the attack , Ramsey put the woman back in the car , grabbed two cans of gasoline and began driving again , it said . When he told the woman he was going to kill her , she jumped from the car and ran to a nearby residence , where she knocked on the door and yelled for help , the release said . A 14-year-old boy let her in and , after hearing her story , locked the woman , his younger sister and himself in the bathroom , Mioduszewski said . As the woman was calling police , Ramsey poured gasoline on the house and set it afire before fleeing , the sheriff said . Shortly thereafter , the children 's father returned home and doused the fire , which caused no serious damage , Mioduszewski said . Police soon caught up with Ramsey , who led them on a chase through two counties , during which he rammed a state police trooper 's car , stole a sanitation truck and rammed two more vehicles , police said . `` It 's been real , bro , wish I could have hung with you once last time . Love you , brother , '' Ramsey allegedly posted to a friend 's Facebook page around 1 a.m. Thursday , as the chase was continuing . A couple of hours later , after hitting a deputy 's car head-on , Ramsey posted his final words , the sheriff said . Soon after , he was fatally shot by a deputy . `` We owe it to the public to find out what was the cause of this , '' Mioduszewski said Friday . Police are meeting with friends and family to determine what was going on in Ramsey 's life , he said . Philadelphia Girl recovering after abduction by woman .
`` It 's been real , bro , wish I could have hung with you once last time , '' Eric Ramsey allegedly writes . Ramsey led police on a chase after abducting and assaulting a university student , officials say . Suspect was shot dead .