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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A man is dead after a lengthy standoff with police officers in Prince William County that started Wednesday night and stretched into Thursday morning.
According to police, officers were called to the 3400 block of Caledonia Circle in Woodbridge, near Prince William Academy, for a report of a suicidal person. Police found the 22-year-old man a short time later at a friend's house in the 3000 block of Bromley Court. Police said when the man was found, he was armed.
According to department spokesperson Lt. Jonathan Perok, officers were engaged in a standoff with the man for several hours overnight, and attempted to get the man to surrender safely.
But, at around 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning, Perok said officers shot the man and he died. The man killed has not been identified. It is not clear how many officers fired shots, or what the circumstances were directly leading up to the shooting.
No officers or members of the surrounding community were hurt, and there is no active threat to the community.
The regional Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) will oversee the investigation as an independent body.
Additional details have not yet been released. We are working to confirm more information. Stay with WUSA9 for the latest updates.
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