A standoff ended late Monday night when a shooting suspect was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a south Sacramento motel room, police said.Guests at the Red Roof Inn near Stockton Boulevard and Mack Road were evacuated, Sacramento police said.The standoff began aout 7 p.m. after police got reports of a suicidal man inside one of the rooms. Police said the man fired off a few rounds inside of the room, not aiming at anyone in particular.Crisis negotiators were called to the scene to try to prevent the man from hurting himself, but after several hours of not hearing from him, officers went inside and found him dead, according to police.The man was alone in the room, and no one else was hurt.His identity was not released, and no other details were given.

A standoff ended late Monday night when a shooting suspect was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a south Sacramento motel room, police said.

Guests at the Red Roof Inn near Stockton Boulevard and Mack Road were evacuated, Sacramento police said.


The standoff began aout 7 p.m. after police got reports of a suicidal man inside one of the rooms. Police said the man fired off a few rounds inside of the room, not aiming at anyone in particular.

Crisis negotiators were called to the scene to try to prevent the man from hurting himself, but after several hours of not hearing from him, officers went inside and found him dead, according to police.

The man was alone in the room, and no one else was hurt.

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#RedRoofInn on Stockton Blvd and Mack Rd evacuated after suicidal man fires off rounds inside hotel room. Crisis negotiators are on scene and police say the man is alone and contained to his room pic.twitter.com/LuwnlE55Xg — Natalie Brunell (@natbrunell) December 19, 2017

His identity was not released, and no other details were given.