UPDATE: Two found dead after Goshen standoff
May 22—GOSHEN — A 41-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman were found dead in a home at 104 Huron St. after a standoff with police Thursday.
According to a statement from Goshen police, the names of the victims are being withheld until next of kin can be notified.
Goshen officers were called to the Huron Street home at 3:45 p.m. after they were notified about a "victim with an alleged self-inflicted gunshot wound."
Officers arrived at the home and were made aware of a man and two young children in the home. The man displayed a weapon and as officers retreated, they removed both children, the statement reads.
Officers began communicating with the man and due to the circumstances, the Elkhart County Regional SWAT team was called in to assist.
The statement reads that "negotiators worked diligently to resolve the situation."
Police lost communication with the man and the SWAT team entered the home to find a man and a woman dead.
Police said no further details will be released at this time.
THE STANDOFF
The address,104 Huron St., is across from Linway Plaza. During the standoff, the house was surrounded by GPD officers, weapons drawn, with traffic blocked off at Lincoln and Chicago avenues. At least one officer with a sniper rifle arrived on scene, and rounded the Anytime Fitness building.
By 5:20 p.m. SWAT officers were gathering near the back door, as well as the front. By 5:48 p.m. a SWAT team officer was on a bullhorn, telling an occupant of the building to exit the house with his hands up. Shortly after that, multiple booms could be heard, with apparent tear gas being shot into the house.
Goshen resident Bill Malone lives near the scene, and said he had recently had a conversation with the homeowner there, who had a wife and two children, and it was his understanding they had lived there for about a month.
"He was a nice guy," Malone said.
Many other local residents gathered in Linway Plaza as well, taking photos of the scene.
Also in Linway Plaza, the Goshen Fire Department had reported to a car fire earlier, near the Goshen Bureau of Motor Vehicles branch.
