Monday, February 2, 2009

Bungled Police Stand-Off Leaves Two Dead


"Rochester, NY - Police are investigating a murder-suicide on the northeast side of the city of Rochester Monday morning.

"The Rochester Police Department said that the standoff on Cliffmor Street [probably this house, judging from news coverage - tsc] ended around 8:15 a.m.

"Police said the situation began around 4:45 a.m. where a man broke in the front door of his estranged wife’s home and shot her in the lower and upper extremities.

"The woman, 35, was pronounced dead.

"There were two children in the house. Officers were able to get them out of the house safely.

"The police department's crisis negotiation team attempted to talk the man into surrendering, and the standoff was over around 8:15 a.m.

"The man, 36, was later found dead in the house, with a self-inflicted gun wound to the upper body."


Source: 13wham.com...

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