Standoff ends after woman barricades herself in a Greenville Co. motel with gun, deputies say

CAROL: BUT WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. A STAND OFF CONTINUES AT THIS HOUR AT A MOTEL IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. NIGEL: ITS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AT THE ECONOLODGE ON INTERSTATE COURT. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND CARLOS FLORES, LIVE, WITH THE LATEST DETAILS. CARLOS. >> OF NIGEL AND CAROL, THIS IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE AT THIS MOTEL WHICH IS NEAR THE , PELHAM ROAD EXIT OF I-85. THIS ALL-UNFOLDED EARLIER TONIGHT WHEN DEPUTIES SAY THEY GOT A CALL FROM SHARPSHOOTERS GUN RANGE ON RUTHERFORD ROAD. THAT’S NEARLY 10 MILES FROM THIS MOTEL AND ABOUT A 15 MINUTE DRIVE. DEPUTIES SAY THE WOMAN LEFT THE GUN RANGE WITH A GUN AND WAS POSSIBLY THREATENING TO HARM HERSELF. THEY LEARNED THE WOMAN ENDED UP HERE AT THE ECONOLODGE. WHERE SHE HAS BARRICADED HERSELF IN A ROOM. WE ASKED DEPUTIES IF THE GUN BELONGED TO HER OR IF SHE STOLE IF FROM THE GUN RANGE. -- STOLE IT FROM THE GUN RANGE, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. SINCE WE REPORTED THIS EARLIER SWAT HAS ARRIVED ON SCENE AND THEY ARE WORKING ON REMOVING THE WOMAN FROM THE ROOM. RESIDENTS AT THE HOTEL SAY THAT THEY DIDN’T SEE MUCH BECAUSE THEY’RE HEADED HOME FROM WORK THAT T

A standoff at a motel between a woman with a gun and Greenville County deputies ended early Wednesday morning, according to officials at the scene. It started Tuesday evening before 7 p.m. when deputies got a call that a woman was possibly threatening to harm herself at the Econolodge on Interstate Court. That's near the Pelham Road exit of I-85. The woman had left Sharpshooters gun range on Rutherford Road with a gun and then drove to the motel, deputies said.Deputies learned the woman barricaded herself in a room. The standoff ended around 1 a.m. Wednesday.Deputies found the woman dead in the room, according to Lt. Ryan Flood with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. Flood said the woman died from "what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."The coroner has not released the woman's name.

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. —

A standoff at a motel between a woman with a gun and Greenville County deputies ended early Wednesday morning, according to officials at the scene.

It started Tuesday evening before 7 p.m. when deputies got a call that a woman was possibly threatening to harm herself at the Econolodge on Interstate Court. That's near the Pelham Road exit of I-85.

The woman had left Sharpshooters gun range on Rutherford Road with a gun and then drove to the motel, deputies said.

Deputies learned the woman barricaded herself in a room.

The standoff ended around 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Deputies found the woman dead in the room, according to Lt. Ryan Flood with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.

Flood said the woman died from "what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

The coroner has not released the woman's name.

Standoff ends after woman barricades herself in a Greenville Co. motel with gun, deputies say

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