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Overland Park Police say an hours-long standoff at a home on Saturday ended with a man dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Officers responded to a 911 call for an armed disturbance on Saturday just before 9:40 a.m. at a residence in the 8600 block of Woodson Road, just off 87th Street, according to Overland Park Police’s online calls for service log.
Ofc. John Lacy, an Overland Park police spokesperson, said a man called 911 saying “his son discharged a shotgun in the home because of a verbal dispute in the basement of the home.”
A resident who lives a block north from the home where the incident occurred told the Post he and other neighbors noticed a large police presence on Woodson Road at around 11 a.m.
Overland Park Police issued an alert on social media just before 1:30 p.m., warning of a “large officer presence” in the area near 87th and Woodson.
Lacy said officers with Overland Park Police’s Emergency Services Section and Crisis Negotiation Team responded to the residence, as well as members of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
Pictures submitted to the Post by a nearby resident show the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office’s armored vehicle, a LENCO Bearcat, in the front yard of a home on Woodson, and an Overland Park Police cruiser parked across Woodson, blocking traffic.
While vehicle access was restricted on some streets around the home on Saturday, the resident who spoke to the Post said neighbors were not given “shelter in place” warnings by police.
“After hours of negotiation, the suspect committed suicide by self-inflicted [gunshot wound],” Lace said in an emailed response to questions on Monday.
At 3:57 p.m. on Saturday, Overland Park Police updated their social media post to say the “scene is now clear.”
