WALLINGFORD, Conn. (WTNH)-- A Wallingford woman was shot in her home before the shooter later took his own life during a standoff with police.
Police say the man who pulled the trigger was the woman's boyfriend. He later shot himself in his Hamden home.
Residents say the standoff lasted for hours, after a man allegedly shot his girlfriend in Wallingford and then came back to his home in Hamden.
The Wallingford Police Department received a 911 call after 1:30 AM that a person had been shot at 43 Heritage Woods.
When officers arrived, they found Leanne Burger-Mestel with a gunshot wound to the upper torso.
According to police, her boyfriend knocked on the door, fired multiple rounds and one bullet struck Mestel.
She was rushed to the hospital, where she currently is in stable condition.
Police tracked the alleged shooter to First Street in Hamden. A parameter was set up and the SWAT team moved in to the two story family home.
The family who lives on the first floor had to evacuate.
"Come on everybody. Go outside because on the second floor boom boom boom boom boom. A couple of minutes, when we were here we heard only one shot. And the police said that's it, he killed himself," said Raul Oceguera, a Hamden resident.
The standoff lasted until about 11 AM Sunday. The police found the suspect dead with an apparent gunshot wound.
His name has not been released.
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