An hours-long standoff is over after police say a man fired a gun and barricaded himself inside a home in Union Township. Police say the incident started around 5:45 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Hillview Drive when they received a disturbance call.Union Township police said there was a domestic dispute at the residence but would not elaborate on the situation.Police set up a perimeter and called in the Clermont County Special Response team.SWAT officers stormed the home around 9 p.m., finding 54-year-old Michael Dufrefne from Cincinnati dead inside. "Preliminary investigation shows that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Det. John Pavia with Union Township Police said. The Union Township Police Department cleared the scene and say that it is now safe. No officers were injured during the situation. "Very relieved. It's a situation that you never want to see anything like this go on, and it's definitely touchy," Pavia said.

An hours-long standoff is over after police say a man fired a gun and barricaded himself inside a home in Union Township.

Police say the incident started around 5:45 p.m. Saturday in the 700 block of Hillview Drive when they received a disturbance call.


Union Township police said there was a domestic dispute at the residence but would not elaborate on the situation.

Police set up a perimeter and called in the Clermont County Special Response team.

SWAT officers stormed the home around 9 p.m., finding 54-year-old Michael Dufrefne from Cincinnati dead inside.

"Preliminary investigation shows that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Det. John Pavia with Union Township Police said.

The Union Township Police Department cleared the scene and say that it is now safe. No officers were injured during the situation.

"Very relieved. It's a situation that you never want to see anything like this go on, and it's definitely touchy," Pavia said.