Man shoots himself after SWAT standoff in Grapevine, police say
A 65-year-old man fatally shot himself after a four-hour standoff with a SWAT team on Monday, May 12, Grapevine police said in a news release.
Officers responded to a report of a man with a gun in the 4400 block of SH-360 frontage road across from a residential neighborhood around 9 a.m., police said.
The 911 caller reported that the man was in distress and wanted to harm himself, police said.
When officers arrived, they found the 65-year-old man in a wooded area a few feet away from a business, with a handgun pointed at his chest, police said.
Grapevine Police negotiators talked to the man in an attempt to get a response while more officers set up a security perimeter, police said.
Police said members of the Northeast Tarrant County Area SWAT Team arrived and attempted further communication with the man.
After nearly four hours, members of the SWAT team deployed less-lethal gas near the man in an attempt to get him to drop his gun and begin talking, police said.
The man then shot himself in the chest, police said.
The man was treated by medics at the scene and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
“Grapevine Police is in contact with the man’s family and is working to support them as needed,” according to the release. “The Department is also ensuring counseling and peer support are available for first responders.”