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Columbia standoff ends in suicide

A number of Columbia police officers were seen Monday in the 3900 block of Clark Lane. Police confirmed they were in a standoff with a man.
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A number of Columbia police officers were seen Monday in the 3900 block of Clark Lane. Police confirmed they were in a standoff with a man.
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February 20, 2024 1:50 PM
Published 1:13 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Columbia Police Department says a Monday night standoff at a mobile home park ended with the suspect's suicide.

Officers were sent around 8:20 p.m. to the 3900 block of Clark Lane and found a man standing in a doorway who then got a gun and pointed it at officers, according to a CPD news release. The man, later identified as Robert E. Lee, 55, barricaded himself inside a residence after a woman got out, police say.

CPD said that the call came in as a domestic disturbance with a weapon.

SWAT officers, crisis negotiators and paramedics were brought in, as well. ABC 17 News saw police concentrating on a lot in the Pine Village mobile home park.

Officers heard a gunshot at about 11 p.m. and found the man dead from a self-inflicted bullet wound. Police said Wednesday that they've notified the next of kin.

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