Overnight Standoff After 2 Officers Shot by Man Who Had Reportedly Committed Suicide

A man who had allegedly committed suicide shot two responding officers in Roane County, West Virginia, and was apprehended after an overnight standoff. Screenshot via Google Maps / Stock photo of police lights CC0

Law enforcement agents responded to a domestic violence call on Wednesday that, according to a WOWK report, allegedly ended with a man’s suicide.

But when officers arrived at the Red Oak Road address in Roane County, West Virginia, just after 6 p.m. on Dec. 27, they were met with gunfire from 52-year-old Stanley Gordon Hoskins Jr., who was assumed to have killed himself.