A Nine Hour SWAT Incident in West Deptford Ends with a Suicide

Gloucester County Prosecutor\’s Office press release Sept. 23,2014

A methodical, nine-hour effort by Gloucester County\’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit began with a gunshot inside a West Deptford Township NJ townhouse shortly before 2 p.m. on Monday (9/22).

After repeated attempts to communicate with the shooter, detect his location with mobile robotic units inside the two-story and basement dwelling and deployment of irritant gas to force him out of the residence, a SWAT team entered the structure and found his body in a basement closet at 11:24 p.m.

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