Overview

• Three sheriff’s deputies returned fire after a barricaded man emerged and shot at them, striking their armored vehicle, and the suspect died at the scene
• Negotiators spent hours calling the man and the sheriff’s crisis negotiation team also tried to persuade him to surrender
• SWAT deputies breached the front door after hearing a gunshot inside and deployed a drone and chemical agents when the suspect further barricaded himself
• The standoff began with a 911 call reporting an assault with a firearm and criminal threats at a home on Willowgrove Avenue
• No deputies were injured and authorities have withheld the suspect’s name pending next-of-kin notification while asking anyone with information to contact homicide investigators