DOVER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire authorities say a Dover man involved in a standoff and an exchange of gunfire with police died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The state attorney general says an autopsy has concluded that 50-year-old Frank Thompson died of a gunshot wound to the chest in a suicide. Authorities say Thompson had another gunshot wound in the abdomen.
Police had responded to a domestic disturbance call Monday night that a man had assaulted a 32-year-old woman with a hammer in an apartment complex.
Police said Thompson came to the door and fired multiple shots at police. The officers returned fire; they were not hurt.
Police transported the woman to the hospital and evacuated other residents.
The standoff ended at about 4 a.m. Tuesday when authorities said the man was dead.