Friday, April 22, 2011

Pittsburgh, PA: Standoff Ends As Pittsburgh Police Find Man Dead

PITTSBURGH -- A SWAT team surrounded a home in Pittsburgh's Observatory Hill neighborhood Thursday afternoon, only to find a man dead inside from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Officers spent two hours outside the man's Baytree Street residence, but when they finally entered, they found 38-year-old Brian McHale dead inside, police said.

McHale recently appeared in court on domestic violence charges and failed to comply with a judge's orders to turn over his firearms, police said.

That's when officers were sent to his home shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday.

Neighbors told WTAE Channel 4 Action News' Keith Jones that they heard a single gunshot not long after.

"Three minutes after the police knocked on the door, I heard this 'boom' go off. (I) never heard a cry out. I never heard any noise after that, nobody walking anywhere," said nearby resident Doug Smith.

No other injuries were reported.

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