The suspect in a Ritchie County shooting has died of an apparent suicide after a 9-hour standoff with police.

According to West Virginia State Police, officers were called to a home on Buck Run Road in Pennsboro Wednesday after a report of shots being fired.

When they arrived, officers say they found that Stephen D. Wilson had maliciously assaulted two victims, including shooting one in the hand. The victims were able to escape the home, where Wilson had barricaded himself. A 9-hour standoff with officers occurred. Officials say when negotiations deteriorated, a chemical agent was deployed to try to get Wilson to come out.

At around 4:00 a.m. Thursday, a single gunshot was heard from inside the home. When officers entered, they found Wilson dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

WVSP. as well as officials from Ritchie, Doddridge, Pleasants, Wood & Wirt Counties responded to the scene.