The second suspect in the Canada mass stabbing that killed 10 people has died in custody from self-inflicted injuries, Canadian authorities said Wednesday night.

Myles Sanderson, 32, died after authorities forced the stolen truck he was driving off a highway in Saskatchewan and were attempting to arrest him.

‘This evening our province is breathing a collective sigh of relief,’ Rhonda Blackmore, a commanding officer with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told reporters.

Canadian authorities were desperately searching for Sanderson and his younger brother, 30-year-old Damien Sanderson, who allegedly killed 10 people and wounded 18 others across 13 different crime scenes in Saskatchewan on Sunday.

The younger brother, Damien, was found dead on Monday not far from one of the sites where the stabbing rampage took place on the James Smith Cree Nation.

The hunt for Myles had entered its fourth day Wednesday when he was cornered by authorities in a stolen vehicle, which he drove into a ditch. A knife was found inside his vehicle after he was detained.

Myles then went into medical distress. Authorities making the arrest attempted CPR before an ambulance arrived and brought him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He died of self-inflicted injuries, though it’s unclear how he was injured.

With both brothers dead, officials say it will be difficult to truly know the motive behind the catastrophic rampage.

‘Now that Myles is deceased we may never have an understanding of that motivation,’ Blackmore said.

Federal public safety minister Marc Mendicino emphasized officials would do everything in their power to bring the public closure.

‘You have questions. We have questions,’ he said in Vancouver, British Columbia. ‘There will be two levels of police who will be investigating the circumstances of Myles Sanderson’s death.’

Just months ago, Myles was released from jail after serving a four-year sentence for assault and robbery. He had 59 prior convictions.

One of the victims killed in the weekend rampage was a person whom Myles had stabbed seven years ago, according to court records.

Officials said they hoped the families of the stabbing victims would find some comfort in that neither brother remains a threat.

‘I hope that this brings them closure,’ Blackmore said. ‘I hope they can rest easy knowing that Myles Sanderson is no longer a threat to them.’

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