7 killed in Florida hostage standoff

From AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN

updated 8:54 AM EDT, Sat July 27, 2013

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• A man barricades himself in an apartment in Hialeah, a Miami suburb
• When police arrive at the scene, they find two people dead
• They find more bodies after shooting and killing the gunman

(CNN) -- A gunman killed six people overnight at a Florida apartment complex before police shot him dead in a shootout, authorities said early Saturday.

The man barricaded himself in an apartment in Hialeah, a Miami suburb, where he was holding a man and a woman hostage, police spokesman Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez said.

Hialeah police received a call at 6:30 p.m. of a shooting.

When they arrived at the scene, they found two people dead from gunshot wounds and heard additional shots in the area, Rodriguez said.

After negotiations failed, a SWAT team entered the dwelling, rescued the hostages and killed the gunman, who fired on them, police said.

When officers went through the apartment complex, they found several bodies. One was across the street, and Rodriguez said that victim may have died from a stray bullet.

The victims are three women and three men, Rodriguez said.

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