Coroner says standoff suspect shot by police killed self
OHIOVILLE (AP) – A coroner says a Western Pennsylvania man shot by police during an armed standoff fatally shot himself and wasn’t killed by a police sniper as first believed.
Beaver County Coroner David Gabauer says 37-year-old Ryan Shorak shot himself in the head after he was wounded three times by the police sniper outside Shorak’s Ohioville home.
District Attorney David Lozier says Shorak holed up with weapons near each door in his home after drinking and threatened his wife Thursday night. She ran from the home, locked herself in a car and called police, prompting the standoff that ended just before 6 a.m. Friday.
Lozier says Shorak had earlier fired at officers and was on the phone with police threatening to fire more shots when the state police sniper shot him.
The shooting and police response remain under investigation.