Police said a suspected gunman who sparked an hours-long standoff after a pair of killings near DeForest Park was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday.
The standoff began shortly after 11:15 a.m., which is when police received a report of a suspect who shot a woman in the 300 block of 63rd Street. She was carried to safety and taken to a local hospital where she died, police said.
At the scene, officers also pulled a man who appeared to be gravely hurt from inside a nearby pickup truck. He died at the scene, according to the Long Beach Police Department. It wasn’t immediately clear if he’d been shot or injured in some other way.
Police said a person believed to be the shooter fled into a nearby home. Officers soon surrounded the house on 63rd Street west of Elm Avenue and called a SWAT team to the scene. They also began evacuating nearby homes.
With armored vehicles in place, police made announcements ordering the suspect to come out of the home. They also fired stun grenades and tear gas into the home.
Around 7:20 p.m., police said, SWAT officers went into the house and found the suspected gunman with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was determined to be deceased at the scene.
Police said a motive for the killings is still under investigation. They have not released the identities of anyone involved.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with more information from police.