Advertisement Official: Arriving officers hear gunshot as man takes his own life Officials in Johnston said a man took his own life early Monday morning.

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Johnston police responded to a call of shots fired early Monday morning.The call came to dispatchers at 8:50 a.m. Several units from around the metro were dispatched to the 6800 block of Jack London Drive in Johnston. A Johnston official said a 32-year-old man in an apartment was involved in a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. According to police, the man had sent text messages to his live-in girlfriend implying that he intended to take his own life. When Officers arrived at the scene, they heard what sounded like a gunshot come from inside the residence. When officers were able to enter the apartment, they found the man with what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No one else was inside the apartment. According to Johnston police, several officers and command staff were staged at Lutheran Church of Hope at the time that this incident occurred. The information that was relayed to those officers was that a Johnston Officer had been shot. All units and several surrounding jurisdictions immediately responded to the scene; however, it was later determined that the information that was initially shared with responding units was inaccurate. “It initially came in as an officer-involved shooting and based on that information is how we responded,” Johnston Police Lt. Lynn Aswegan said. Neighbors in the area said they felt shaken by the incident. “Yes, we just moved from Des Moines,” Johnston resident Gary Maurisak said. “We were about two blocks just west of Sheridan and we were pretty excited about getting out of the neighborhood and moving into a neighborhood like this.” Aswegan said the incident appeared to be a “domestic-related situation.” No officers were injured or fired their weapons in the incident.