Three people, gunman found dead in Colorado home

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A barricaded gunman and three people were found dead in an Aurora, Colorado, home after police exchanged fire with the gunman to end a standoff Saturday, authorities said, quoted by CNN. A woman earlier escaped uninjured from the home and told police she saw three apparently lifeless people inside, authorities said. She said the man was firing shots inside the residence before 3 a.m., police said.During a subsequent standoff, the gunman behaved “very irrationally,” hung up the phone on negotiators, and ignored bullhorn commands to exit the premises, authorities said. Tear gas did not faze him, they added.“The male was given multiple commands to come out of the house both on the phone and from a bullhorn outside. He did not comply,” Sgt. Cassidee Carlson said in a statement. Five hours into the incident, a SWAT team in an armored vehicle broke out a house window, and the gunman fired upon the vehicle, without injury to the officers, police said. Police entered the residence and found the gunman dead in the upstairs bedroom, authorities said. Police also found two men and a woman – all deceased – inside the home, authorities said. “We do believe that they all knew each other, possibly related. It’s unclear if they all lived at the home or what the status of that is,” Carlson told reporters.