At least 3 dead after man barricaded himself in Salt Lake City

By Dennis Romero - NBC News

A confrontation in the suburbs of Salt Lake City ended on Saturday when authorities entered a home and found 

the bodies of three people, including the alleged attacker.

All died of gunshot wounds,

authorities reported.

The three people may be related, Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said Saturday in a media meeting at the scene.

According to early accounts, some relatives had visited the home located in Millcreek, Utah, to speak with the 30-year-old suspect about his mental health and the firearms he possessed, the sheriff said.

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The man barricaded himself in the house and had "several firearms and a lot of ammunition,"

Rivera said.

In addition, the official said that the confrontation began on Friday and it is likely that two of the people found at the home were killed around midnight that day.

According to the first hypotheses of the authorities, the suspect was shot dead between Friday night and Saturday afternoon, when a SWAT team entered the house.

"He shot at law enforcement until last night,

" Rivera said.

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The confrontation began on Friday when a person went to a station of the Police Department to report that he

heard shots in the house, and that an elderly woman was trapped

in that home.

Rivera said

that the officers who attended the complaint rescued the woman

while they were shooting at them, but they did not respond to the fire, and no injuries were reported.

In the evening, authorities tried to speak to the suspect, but

"he interrupted all negotiations,

" Rivera said.

The deceased persons were described as a woman, a man in his 50s and the suspect.