A man who allegedly threatened a woman with a gun at an Airbnb in Clairemont prompting a SWAT response took his own life, according to police.
The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said after hours of trying to coax the man in question out of the home he barricaded himself in, first responders entered the unit only to find he was no longer there.
The department was notified of a domestic violence call just before 1 a.m. Wednesday and responded to the 4700 block of Appleton Street. There, officers were able to escort a woman out of a home to safety but a man initially refused to exit, prompted a SWAT team to respond.
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The woman reported she was being threatened with a gun so first responders operated under the assumption that the man barricaded was armed.
At one point, officers entered the home but the suspect was not inside. At around 2:30 p.m., a witness called police reporting a man was in the backyard of her home on Cadet Street, according to SDPD Lt. Adam Sharki. Officers responded to the home and the man ran away. Soon after, an officer spotted him nearby and the suspect took out a gun and fatally shot himself.
A woman who was renting an Airbnb unit next to the unit where the standoff took place told NBC 7 she heard a couple fighting loudly several times through the week.
The woman who was threatened is the host of the short-term rental. It is unclear what -- if any -- the relationship between her and the man is.
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