A 50-year-old man who barricaded himself in a Milford apartment Friday morning has committed suicide, according to police.
The man was found dead as police were investigating a crash and looking for the owner of the car.
Officers responded to a car accident around midnight on High Street, outside the Metro View apartments, and found a car had crashed into a utility pole and had been abandoned, police said.
They traced the owner in the apartment complex and said he was barricading himself alone in his third-floor apartment.
Milford police contacted the man’s sister and she said he had reached out to her and had made some suicidal comments.
Police found out the man was a licensed gun owner and evacuated third-floor residents as a precaution.
They also closed off the area, used a bullhorn to try to communicate with the man and brought in a K9 unit and robots. Officers were only able to exchange a quick conversation with him to confirm he was the only person inside the apartment, police said.
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When the man refused to open the door around 8 a.m., a five-man team went inside and a paramedic declared him dead at 8:10 a.m.
Milford said they are treating the apartment as a crime scene.
Police are not sure what led up to the car crash and the suicide thereafter.
The man lived in his apartment alone and police said they have never had an issue with him before.
Residents who were evacuated have been allowed to go back into their apartments.
