MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A police standoff in Morgantown came to a tragic end Friday morning when a man who had barricaded himself inside a home was found dead inside.
Officers were called to a domestic situation on Inglewood Blvd at around 8 a.m.
Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston said when officers arrived they encountered a woman and two children who had made it safely out of the house.
“She reported a despondent subject who had been upset all night long, who had barricaded himself inside the house with a firearm,” explained Chief Preston.
Officers set up a perimeter around the house and shutdown traffic on Inglewood Blvd. during the standoff. By the time officers were able to enter the home they found the man dead inside.
The medical examiner was called to the scene.
More details were expected to be released later Friday.