Suspect found dead after hours-long standoff with Seattle police

A woman officers encountered when they first arrived on scene was taken to the hospital with at least one gunshot wound.

SEATTLE — A suspect was found dead after an hours-long standoff following a shooting of his partner and shots fired at officers near Washington Park on Friday.

The suspect was barricaded inside his residence for hours after police responded to a domestic violence call and found a woman outside who had been shot. Police later learned that the woman was the partner of the suspect.

Chief Shon Barnes spoke to the media at the scene, saying that officers first responded to the scene

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