Felony suspect dead after hours-long standoff with Orlando police
A person is dead after being barricaded in an Orlando apartment for hours Thursday afternoon, police said.
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Officers from the Orlando Police Department’s Fugitive Investigative Unit responded to the Mosaic at Millenia apartments on Conroy Rd. just after 2 p.m. to assist the US Marshall’s Service with an investigation into the suspect in a felony who was believed to be there.
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Police say the suspect refused to come out of the apartment and began making suicidal threats when they made contact.
Update: The standoff situation inside the Mosaic at Millenia apartment complex has ended, according to @OrlandoPolice. They say the suspect took his own life. No ID yet on who he is.
— Ashley Edlund (@AshleyEdlund) June 24, 2022
SWAT and crisis negotiation teams from the Orlando Police Department responded and spent the next five hours attempting to convince the suspect to surrender.
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According to police, officers entered the apartment just before 7:30 p.m. and found the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The suspect has not been identified pending notification of their next of kin.
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