A standoff between an armed barricaded suspect and the Long Beach Police Department ended in the early morning hours Friday with the 39-year-old suspect and a 5-year-old child dead.
The deceased suspect was identified as Chase Phillip Powell from Long Beach by the coroner’s office.
The nearly 10-hour standoff began around 2:38 p.m. Thursday when police responded to a domestic dispute call in the 3400 block of Adriatic Avenue and upon their arrival noticed smoke and fire coming from the residence, said the police department.
Long Beach Fire Department firefighters were called to the scene and extinguished the fire, with no reported injuries.
SWAT personnel were called to the scene, where they established a perimeter and evacuated nearby residents for their safety.
Around 12:25 a.m. Friday, officers obtained a search warrant to enter the residence and found Powell with an apparent, fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound and the child also dead, police said.
Homicide detectives were investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide, authorities said.
Neighbors told KNBC4 the suspect was the father of the child, a 5-year-old girl.
Police closed the area between Santa Fe Avenue and 34th Street as they investigated the shooting.