A five-hour police standoff with an armed man in Windsor ended early Saturday morning when the man shot himself inside his Barton Road home.
Wayne Bland, 36, was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center for treatment of a gunshot wound, police said. Bland was taken to MaineGeneral’s emergency room but wasn’t admitted there, according to a hospital spokeswoman, who would not provide a condition for Bland Saturday afternoon.
Police surrounded the home on Barton Road, off Route 105, in Windsor after getting a call about 9 p.m. Friday.
Steve McCausland, spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety, said in a press release that the standoff ended about 2 a.m.
Police were called to the house by Bland’s relatives, who said he was suicidal and had taken a number of pills. An elderly relative was also inside the house with Bland at the time.
The Maine State Police tactical team and negotiators also responded, talking to Bland on the phone and asking him to surrender. Bland fired several shots — none at police — after Kennebec County Sheriff’s deputies and state police troopers arrived.
Bland shot himself in the face just after 2 a.m. and was taken into custody when he came out of the house, McCausland said.
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