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Aaron Sánchez-Guerra and Colleen Hammond

Man dies after NC police, FBI respond to hourslong standoff at apartment complex

CARY, N.C. — A man died Wednesday night following a standoff with law enforcement that lasted more than 19 hours at an apartment complex, Cary police Chief Terry Sult said.

The man died by suicide after barricading himself in an apartment Wednesday afternoon as the standoff that started late Tuesday continued into Wednesday evening.

“He was in a dark place and was struggling to come out of that,” Sult said. “It was very very tough on the negotiators involved.”

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