A domestic violence suspect who fled from and fired at Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies early Monday morning before engaging in a hours-long standoff died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Sheriff's Office said.

The incident began at about 12:40 a.m. in the area of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 47th Avenue in South Sacramento. The Sheriff's Office said a third party called 911 to report a domestic violence incident inside a vehicle. When deputies arrived, the suspect jumped out of the vehicle and fired at least one shot at a deputy, who was not struck or injured, and did not return fire, the office said.

Deputies later located the suspect, who was barricaded at a nearby mobile home park. The Sheriff's Office said the unidentified suspect was armed and made repeated thre

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