SWAT Standoff Ends With Killer's Suicide

"PORT ANGELES, WA — A five-hour standoff between law enforcement officers, including a State Patrol SWAT team, and suspected double-killer John F. Loring ended Wednesday when Loring shot himself with a handgun in an apartment bathroom, law enforcement authorities said.

"Loring, 45 and homeless, was suspected of killing David J. Randle, 19, on Tuesday morning with a handgun at a Woodcock Road home near Meyer Andrew Lane in the unincorporated Dungeness district north of Sequim.

"Loring also was suspected of murder in the death of Ray Varney, 68, whose body was found Wednesday in the Diamond Point area 10 miles east of where Randle was killed.

"The standoff began at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at the federally subsidized low-income Evergreen Court Apartments, 2202 W. 16th St. in Port Angeles.

"It ended when Loring shot himself in the head at about noon, Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict said.

"Loring, a convicted felon, apparently shot himself after tear gas was lobbed into the apartment, while the complex was surrounded by heavily armed officers."

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