Man dies after barricading himself for hours from cops

A man died at a hospital Monday morning after he barricaded himself inside a home for hours with a gun, according to reports.

Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office were called to a home in the 10300 block of Rosemount Drive around 9:19 p.m. Sunday where a man had locked himself in a bathroom with a weapon, threatening to hurt himself, according to WFLA News Channel 8.

The man was standing on the back porch of the home with a gun when deputies arrived threatening to kill himself. The crisis negotiation and SWAT teams were called to the home where they contacted the man throughout the night, ABC Action News reported.

The incident ended when the man shot himself around 5:15 a.m. and he was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital. He died from the self-inflicted gunshot wound just before 7 a.m., according to WTSP.

Residents in the neighborhood were told to stay inside during the incident, but officials told reporters there was “never a threat to public safety.”

This story was originally published January 8, 2018 at 8:42 AM with the headline "Man dies after barricading himself for hours from cops."