Man shoots himself after standoff in store

Posted: March 18, 2013

 

A man who barricaded himself in the bathroom of a Dick's Sporting Goods store Saturday night died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, police said.

The man, whose identity police would not release, had previous run-ins with law enforcement, including a standoff in 2002 in Middletown Township in which "he had to be talked down," said Falls Township Police Lt. Henry Ward. In 2008, the man was involuntarily committed for mental-health issues, Ward said.

The man entered the store on Commerce Boulevard around 7:30 p.m. and asked to see see a shotgun. He then pulled out his own handgun and demanded that the clerk hand over the shotgun and ammunition.

Ward said he used the shotgun to kill himself. No one else was hurt in the three-hour standoff.

- Jessica Parks

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