Seven Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Murder/Suicide

"WATSONVILLE, CA — Two men have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide after a seven-hour police standoff at a Watsonville home.

"The Santa Cruz Sentinel says the confrontation began Wednesday afternoon when a police officer responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a home.

"Deputy Police Chief Rudy Escalante says the officer met a man at the door and talked with him but the man then locked himself in a bedroom and fired several shots at the officer, who fired a shot and fled. Neither was hit.

"More than 40 officers surrounded the home. Officers finally entered the home at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday and found two men dead inside. Their names weren't immediately released.

"A shotgun was recovered."

From the San Francisco Chronicle...