i'm tracy tratdavidson. >> it all came to an end over the past few hours. just a few minutes ago several winds appeared to be blown out. police say at 9:17 a.m. the suspect came out of the home and engaged police and police shot him to death. they are expected to tell us more this afternoon at 1:30. residents in the area remain evacuated. that barricade ended about 15 minutes away they opened fire on imhad the parking -- lot. >> reporter: there were indications all of this had come to an end. we saw some of that heavy equipment coming down to road away from where the stand off was taking place. there is also a helicopters that is hovering overhead. now this road is open again. this is where the police barricade initially was. we know how it ended. as you said, at 9:17 this morning the suspect came out of his house and engaged with officer. that's when he was shot by police and pronounced dead at the scene and it's been a long 24 hours. locked up inside of their own homes as police tried to get the suspect to surrender. when that didn't work officers used ex