2 dead after shooting, SWAT standoff in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ind. (WISH) — Two cousins in Columbus are dead after a shooting that led to a SWAT standoff, according to police.

Shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday someone called police reporting shots fired in the 1500 block of Lafayette Avenue.

When officers arrived, Columbus police said they found a woman, later identified as 43-year-old Kelly Baker of Columbus, with multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.

She was airlifted to Columbus Regional Hospital, but police said she died around midnight.

A witness told police they saw a man enter the home and then a gunshot rang out a short time later.

A SWAT team surrounded the home, to try and get a man inside to come out. Columbus police officers on scene told 24-Hour News 8 they used tear gas in an attempt to coax the man out.

Around 2 a.m., police sent a robot into the home and found the man dead. Police believe 44-year-old Brian Mitchell of Columbus shot himself, but they haven’t concluded their investigation.

Crews towed a silver car from the behind the home. The car appeared to have at least two windows shot out. Police have not said where the woman was shot, but investigators were working near the car behind the home throughout the morning.

Authorities believe both the man and woman lived in the home.

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