Man accused of shooting 2 Northern California officers is dead after standoff, police say

Reporting from FREMONT, Calif. —  The body of a man accused of wounding two Northern California police officers has been found inside a home that caught fire after police fired tear gas into the building in an effort to force him out of the residence, officials said Thursday.

The man’s name and age were not released. It was not immediately known whether the man died from the fire or gunshot wounds sustained during the initial shooting, police said.

No one else was injured in the fire at the Fremont home.

Fremont Police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said the man’s body was found Thursday morning after an overnight standoff that started when police said he shot the locks off a door to a vacant home and barricaded himself inside overnight.

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Two officers from the Fremont Police Department were shot Wednesday afternoon after a traffic stop turned violent, prompting a manhunt that involved a house-to-house search that lasted well into the night, said Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Ray Kelly. Fremont is about 40 miles south of San Francisco.

One officer remains in critical condition. The second officer is in stable condition, Bosques said. Their names have not been released.

The incident started when a man backed into an officer’s patrol car and a person inside the white pickup fired shots that injured the officer. The shooter and another suspect then ran away, Kelly said.

Shortly afterward, officers from several law enforcement agencies flooded the area and a search began.

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A Fremont police officer with about 10 years of service with the department was wounded later in a shootout with the suspect, officials said.

Following the shooting, investigators had ordered residents of the neighborhood to remain in their homes and to call police about anything suspicious. Police helicopters were deployed, and police dogs were used in yard-by-yard and door-to-door searches.

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UPDATES:

10:01 a.m.: The article has been updated with additional details throughout.

9:32 a.m.: The article has been updated with the suspect’s death.

6:35 a.m.: The article has been updated with additional details.

This article was originally published at 2:43 a.m.