Police standoff in Saucier comes to an end; suspect dead

A multi-hour police standoff in Saucier on Wednesday night has come to an end.

Officials with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department have confirmed that the suspect is dead.

This comes after Harrison County Sheriff’s deputies responded to initiate a court order along Highway 67 and Turan Road around 6:30 PM Wednesday night. Once they arrived the suspect fired shots at officers before barricading himself inside a shed-like structure.

No deputies were injured and the suspect barricaded himself inside the structure for several hours.

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office confirmed around 10:30 PM Wednesday night that the suspect had died. No additional details will be released until the next of kin has been notified, and the suspect’s exact cause of death has yet to be released as well.

The investigation now falls into the custody of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.