Man kills himself after standoff with Miami police in Little Haiti

MIAMI – A man who barricaded himself inside his home early Saturday killed himself despite hours of negotiations with Miami police officers, authorities said.

Michael Vega, a spokesman or the Miami Police Department, said officers were called a home around 7 a.m. in the 6600 block of Northwest Second Place in the city's Little Haiti section. Police described the man as armed and suicidal. 

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Officers stationed outside the home talked to him for several hours and initially said the negotiations were going well. However, the man took his own life just after 1 p.m., police said.