SWAT standoff ends in suspect's death

08:21 AM CST on Monday, January 12, 2009

KHOU.com staff report

HOUSTON—A suspect was dead Sunday night after a SWAT standoff in northwest Houston.

It happened in the 3200 block of Soway just before 10 p.m.

An HPD SWAT officer shot the suspect after he came out of the house with a gun.

A detective on the scene said the suspect’s mother told him her son was suicidal.