Suspect found dead after standoff in Cranston

CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — A suspect who police say shot his wife and then officers was found dead in his home after a lengthy standoff.

Cranston Police responded to a report that a man was expressing suicidal and homicidal thoughts from a home on Harding Avenue.

According to police, 69-year-old Neil Douglas, who was suffering from a serious illness, shot his wife before she could escape and call 911.

According to police, Douglas then fired at arriving police officers, but missed them and the bullets lodged in a house across the street.

After a SWAT team arrived, police finally entered Douglas’ home shortly after midnight Wednesday morning and found him dead inside. Police said he had sustained an apparent “self-inflicted gunshot wound.”

Additional units arrive on site @ABC6 pic.twitter.com/81i0GwHQeS

— Tiffany Murphy (@ReporterTiffany) 4 September 2024

And another truck with special forces arrives in Cranston @ABC6 pic.twitter.com/TuN0sgTqU3

— Tiffany Murphy (@ReporterTiffany) 4 September 2024

I am in what looks like a standoff in Cranston near Park and Harding. @ABC6 The area is cordoned off, police dogs, special forces as well as city and state police are on site. pic.twitter.com/aEutcxLL8C

— Tiffany Murphy (@ReporterTiffany) 4 September 2024