Woman Found Shot To Death Inside Falmouth Home After Police Standoff

FALMOUTH, MA — A woman was found shot to death inside her home in Falmouth after an hours-long standoff between a man and police Tuesday.

Tyler James Gibbs, 23, was arrested on a murder charge after surrendering to police just before 4 p.m., police said.

Officers responded to 49 Old Main Road after receiving a call saying someone had been shot at that house. Upon arrival, they found a woman had been shot in a bedroom upstairs, and a man had barricaded himself in the home with a gun, Cape and Island District Attorney Michael O'Keefe confirmed.

O'Keefe later identified the woman as Kianna Barrows, 21. According to O'Keefe, Barrows lived inside the home, but Gibbs did not.

After almost three hours, SWAT team negotiators and officers were able to intervene with Gibbs, who police say put a gun on the ground and walked towards law enforcement with his hands up. Police were able to arrest him without incident.

"The investigation is continuing into the motivation behind this," O'Keefe said in a press release. "But it's in all likelihood a situation where these two young people had known one another."

North Falmouth Elementary School was forced into lockdown just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, prompting a huge police presence and what officers called a "very active" scene while releasing little information.

The public was asked to stay away from the area while police conducted their investigation.

No additional information was immediately available.