9/23/16
by News Department on 09/23/16Standoff ends in suicide...
A standoff in a Ringtown home, Thursday afternoon, ended with an apparent suicide.
The Republican Herald reports that 33 year old David Howard held state police at bay his parents’ home at 303 Spring St. for more than four hours while his 2-year-old child was inside with him.
Police were called to the scene about 1 p.m. after a report was received that Howard was barricaded inside the residence with his daughter, possibly armed and threatening to commit suicide.
Authorities kept in contact with Howard, who eventually let the child exit the home unharmed.
He allegedly took his own life as state police officers, including members of the Special Emergency Response Team, were trying to talk him out of the home of about 4:45 p.m.
