Man killed 4 hostages, dies after 12-hour standoff, police say

CLINTON, Miss. — A man who shot and killed four people he held hostage in a Mississippi home has died from gunshot wounds he suffered in the 12-hour standoff, authorities said Sunday.

Two small children were released unharmed from the home in Clinton several hours after the standoff started, police said. Not long after, TV cameras captured the sounds of a barrage of gunfire.

Police used a battering ram to force their way into the house and found four people dead and the suspect wounded, authorities said.

Nam Le died from his wounds at a hospital, said Hinds County Coroner Sharon Gresham Stewart. The coroner hasn’t released the names of the four people killed inside Le’s home or any relationship they had with him.