OGDEN, Utah – According to Ogden police, a man shot himself and is in critical condition after shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend.
The suspect, whose name was not released, confronted the victim in the parking lot of a Smith’s grocery store on Harrison Blvd 1485. Saturday noon.
At around 13:15, he shot dead the 41-year-old woman (whose name was also not released) and then fled the area, police said.
The man was later found in a front yard a few miles away in the 900 block of Maple Street.
He was armed with a pistol and refused orders from officers to surrender, and a SWAT team was called. In the area, residents were evacuated from their homes.
After police tried to negotiate with him for hours, the man shot himself. He was immediately medically admitted and transported to a local hospital, where he is in a critical condition.
Police say there is no further threat to the public.