Suspect Baricat in West Ashley Standoff Dead, Charleston Police confirms

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Charleston, SC (WCSC) -Charleston police say that the man who barricaded himself inside a house in the center of Charleston, on Friday after -died due to a self -infected weapon wound.

The police responded to a house in the Beechwood Road area at Cedar Petal Lane and Cypress Branch Court, on Friday after -where a person got up.

This incident followed an incident reported by road anger, even after 2:00 pm, on Friday, near King and Huger streets, in which fires were fired, the police said in a statement. It seems that a man on a motorcycle fired several shot at a vehicle, but the police said no one was injured.

The investigation caused the officers to identify a possible suspect and located the house on Cypress Branch Court in West Ashley, the police said.

“While the officers worked active at the incident, they received an appeal from an individual familiar with the suspect, reporting that they threaten self-harm,” the statement said.

The Charleston Police Special Operations Division, including the crisis negotiation team, responded at home.

The police said the man refused to go out.

“While they were on the spot, the officers heard a single shot and discovered the suspect with a self-influenced weapon wound,” the release shows.

The officers and the personnel of the Charleston fire department immediately provided life rescue measures before EMS transports it to a local hospital in critical condition. Subsequently, the suspect gave up his wounds.

The coroner’s office in Charleston County has not yet issued the victim’s name.

Anyone who has information in this case is asked to call the Charleston police at 843-720-2422.

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