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according to the latest report. I live half an hour from there and have driven past that building countless times on the way to my sister's house.

Gunman in Valpo standoff dies; identified as 48-year-old Texan

VALPARAISO — A gunman who held hostages and kept police at bay for nearly seven hours at the Prudential real estate office on Calumet Avenue died Friday after shooting himself in the head, police said.

The gunman was identified as Roy L. Ferguson, 48, of Texas, Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris said Friday night. The city in Texas was not yet known.

Harris said Ferguson suffered three gunshot wounds, two to the head and one to the body, and no determination had been made as to which of the wounds was fatal.

“We’re going to wait until the autopsy is conducted to make those determinations,” Harris said.

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