Suspect dead after shooting himself during SWAT standoff in SE Houston

HOUSTON – Houston police say a man is dead after shooting himself during a standoff with SWAT Tuesday evening.

The incident started around 5 p.m. in the 1200 block of Redford Street when members of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force went to an apartment complex to serve a warrant on a suspect for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The suspect barricaded himself inside one of the units and a SWAT team was called in.

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SWAT eventually made entry into the apartment where they discovered the suspect dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The investigation into the incident is still ongoing.