Starkville Daily News

Suspect in killing of 4 hostages during standoff has died

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CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — 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.

The standoff started around 2:30 a.m. Saturday when officers checking on a domestic call were fired on. The suspect went back inside the home and refused to come out, authoritie­s said.

Officers fired shots during the standoff, but a statement from Mississipp­i Public Safety Department spokesman Capt. John Poulos did not say if Le shot himself or was wounded by officers.

Authoritie­s have not given any further details about the call that preceded the standoff.

Police tape still surrounded the one-story house Sunday afternoon. Several windows and the front door appeared to be blown out.

The house is in a large subdivisio­n in Clinton that backs up to the Nachez Trace Parkway, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Jackson.

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