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5 Dead After Calif. Shootout

Gunman, 3 victims and SWAT officer killed in overnight siege

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(Newser) – An overnight siege northwest of Los Angeles ended this morning when a police sniper killed a gunman responsible for wounding one SWAT officer and killing another, the Los Angeles Times reports. The man called 911 last night to report shooting three of his family members dead; SWAT officer Randal Simmons was killed when police stormed the San Fernando Valley house.

Three males the police believe are related to the gunman were killed; a woman in the house during the shootings escaped before police moved in. Simmons' death was the first in the line of fire for the SWAT team; he played football at Washington State and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys before injury forced him into police work in 1981.

Smoke rises from a home in Los Angeles where Los Angeles police battled a barricaded gunman Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Police say five people, including one SWAT officer and the gunman, are dead after a nightlong standoff at the home. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Smoke rises from a home in Los Angeles where Los Angeles police battled a barricaded gunman Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Police say five people, including one SWAT officer and the gunman, are dead after a...   (Associated Press)
This video frame grab taken from MSNBC-TV shows an aerial view of a house where a man barricaded himself after telling police he had killed three relatives, then opened fire on a SWAT team Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. Five people, including an officer and the gunman, were killed, police said....
This video frame grab taken from MSNBC-TV shows an aerial view of a house where a man barricaded himself after telling police he had killed three relatives, then opened fire on a SWAT team Thursday, Feb....   (Associated Press)
Los Angeles police SWAT officer Randal Simmons, seen in an undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department, was killed during a police shoot-out with a gunman early Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department)
Los Angeles police SWAT officer Randal Simmons, seen in an undated photo released by the Los Angeles Police Department, was killed during a police shoot-out with a gunman early Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008,...   (Associated Press)
Police detectives, arson investigators, and firefighters are on scene in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb.7, 2008, to sort out what happened after a man barricaded himself in the house after telling police he had killed three relatives, then opened fire on a SWAT team Thursday. Five people, including an...
Police detectives, arson investigators, and firefighters are on scene in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb.7, 2008, to sort out what happened after a man barricaded himself in the house after telling police...   (Associated Press)
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