Man Shoots Self During Standoff With Police In North Austin

AUSTIN, TX — A man is hospitalized for treatment of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff with police in Northwest Austin Sunday morning, according to a published report.

The police SWAT team was called out to the 4300 block of Canyonside Trail shortly after 9 a.m. for a report of shots fired. A woman emerged from the house, but the male suspect in his 60s refused to exit the dwelling, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

During the standoff with police, another shot was heard at 10:30 a.m. That's when EMS and SWAT officials moved in to find the man injured with a gunshot wound, according to the report.

The man was rushed to University Medical Center Brackenridge in critical condition, police told the newspaper. A "reverse 911" mass message was relayed to nearby residents in updating them when it was safe, which occurred at around 11:30 a.m. when the incident ended.

Police provided no further details.

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