Okeechobee, FL: Okeechobee man kills himself after barricading himself in his home

OKEECHOBEE — Deputies found the 51-year-old man dead in the garage of his barricaded home in the 3700 block of Northwest 16th Avenue.

About 5:50 p.m. deputies responded to the home after receiving a call about a domestic dispute involving multiple victims who left the house and asked neighbors to call for help.

Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers doesn't customarily report on suicides and name people involved.

The Sheriff's Office Special Response Team and Crisis Negotiation Team arrived to the home, where them an had threatened suicide, the release states. After calling the man and receiving no answer, the teams entered the home and found the man dead in the garage.

Sheriff's office has not released how many people were inside the home. The man's cause of death has not been determined, the release states.