INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis authorities say a man involved in a standoff with police has died after fleeing his burning apartment and plunging into a retention pond.
Police say they went to Richard Jones' townhouse about 11:40 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call about an argument the 32-year-old had had with his girlfriend. They say Jones told them he had a shotgun and wouldn't come out.
Police say Jones fired three shots and then officers noticed a fire in an upstairs bedroom. Firefighters responded but weren't allowed inside because Jones was armed.
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About 12:10 a.m., Jones ran out of the back door and into a retention pond. Firefighters say he appeared to have been burned. He went under the water and didn't come back up.
Divers later recovered his body.
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