A man believed to be the suspect in the fatal shooting of a man and woman in North Long Beach Monday was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following an hourslong standoff with police.
The suspect fled to a nearby house following the shootings and barricaded himself, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
“SWAT made entry into the residence and located a male adult believed to be the suspect,” police said in a statement. “The man was deceased with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Homicide detectives are investigating the incident and more information will be available in a forthcoming news release.”
Officers were sent to the 300 block of East 63rd Street, near Atlantic Avenue, about 11:15 a.m. after reports of shots fired, police said. They found a woman with a gunshot wound to her upper body and a man with unspecified injuries.
Long Beach Fire Department paramedics arrived and took the woman to a hospital, where she later died. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.