DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) - An investigation continues after an eastern Missouri man apparently killed himself during a standoff with police.
Officers were called Sunday night on a report that a man was threatening to shoot his wife in De Soto. KMOV-TV (https://bit.ly/1jRXLcE ) reports that two children, ages 1 and 2, were inside the home at the time.
Police contacted the woman, who told them she had barricaded herself and the children in a downstairs bedroom while the husband was upstairs. Authorities say that as De Soto Police and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department surrounded the home, officers heard a single gunshot inside.
Officers found the 27-year-old suspect dead of a gunshot wound to the head.
Police say the man had been under a doctor’s care for mental illness.
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Information from: KMOV-TV, https://www.kmov.com
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