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FROM WDTN, DAYTON'S NBC...
KEPT DOZENS OF DAYTON
HAS JUST COME TO A VIOLENT
END. GOOD EVENING, I'M
MARK ALLAN. AND I'M KATIE
CORDONED OFF SEVERAL BLOCKS
AROUND A HOME IN THE
15-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CORNELL
DRIVE AT ABOUT 6 THIS
EVENING.... TRYING TO REACH A
SUICIDAL MAN BARRICADED IN HIS
HOME. LETS GO STRAIGHT TO
ALEXA ASHWELL WHO IS LIVE AT
STORY.
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WE ARE WORKING ON AN
IDENTITY FROM THE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY CORONER. POLICE
TELLS US THE VICTIM WAS 59
NEGOTIATION TEAM MADE ENTRY
INTO THE HOUSE HERE ON CORNELL
DRIVE JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS
AGO. THERE POLICE TELL US
THEY FOUND THE VICTIM WITH A
SELF INFLICTED, FATAL GUN SHOT
WOUND.
THE TEAM ARRIVED AFTER THE
VICTIM'S WIFE CALLED 911.
SHE TOLD POLICE SHE WALKED
UPSTAIRS AND FOUND HER HUSBAND
IN A ROOM, ARMED WITH A GUN,
THREATENING SUICIDE. POLICE
SAY SHE THOUGHT SHE MAY HAVE
HEARD A GUN SHOT AS SHE WAS
LEAVING THE HOUSE, BUT WAS NOT
SURE. SWAT TEAM MEMBERS
FOLLOWED THEIR PROTOCOL,
GEARED UP AND SURROUNDED THE
HOUSE. BUT BELIEVE AT THAT
MOMENT THE MAN DID IN FACT
TAKE HIS OWN LIFE. I SPOKE
WITH A FEW FAMILY MEMBERS OF
THE VICTIM DURING THE
STAND-OFF. NO ONE WISHED TO
MAKE ANY KIND OF STATEMENT ON
CAMERA .. BUT TOLD ME HE HAD
BEEN BATTLING PERSONAL ISSUES.
POLICE TELL US THE MAN HAD A
HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
THERE WAS NO ONE THING THAT
REALLY HAPPENED TO CAUSE THIS
TONIGHT. HE HAD BEEN HAVING
PROBLEMS SLEEPING
REALLY HAPPENED TO CAUSE THIS
JUST KIND OF ADDED UP TO
TONIGHT AND HE CHOSE TO TAKE
HIS LIFE."
POLICE EVACUATED ALL
NEARBY RESIDENTS ... INCLUDING
A DAYCARE. ALL HAVE BEEN
ALLOWED BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.
RL AA 2NEWS.