A domestic violence suspect killed himself Wednesday during a standoff with New York City police, officials said.
Officers found the man dead in a Manhattan apartment of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot to the head, NYPD Chief of Department Rodney Harrison said. He did not identify the man by name.
Warrant squad officers had gone to the fifth-floor apartment in Harlem around 8:30 a.m. to serve an arrest warrant on the man, who was also being looked at as a possible suspect in a homicide, Harrison said.
The man pulled a gun and started shooting, and one of the officers returned fire, Harrison said. None of the officers was hit. It wasn�t clear if any of the officer�s bullets struck the man. The officers then retreated and called for backup, Harrison said.
Hostage negotiators started a dialogue with the man in an effort to get him to surrender peacefully, Harrison said. When he stopped responding, officers looked into the apartment and found him dead, he said.
A woman in the apartment got out safely, Harrison said.
(AP)
