Shocked onlookers livestream moment man shoots himself dead in ‘standoff’ with cops
Woman screams 'Oh my God!' as a shot rings out
Woman screams 'Oh my God!' as a shot rings out
SHOCKING video shows the moment a man apparently shot himself dead in a standoff with cops - as another motorist live streamed it on his phone.
Officers can be seen trying to talk to a driver through his open car doors before a shot rings out.
The drama was filmed by people in another car, who also broadcast it to friends on Instagram Live.
A woman watching the standoff from the car across the road is heard saying: "I hope he doesn't do it."
Then after the bang she cries out: "Oh my God!"
A man says: "He just killed himself. That's f***ing crazy."
It appears to be the same incident as a shooting outside a Costco store yesterday near Dayton, Ohio.
A man shot himself in the car park as officers were trying to speak to him, said Centerville Police Information Officer John Davis.
The man was taken to hospital in a critical condition and later died, .
Police were initially called to reports of a suicidal man at 4pm local time.
Earlier this month a suspected teenage drugs gang streamed their own deaths on Facebook Live as a police helicopter opened fire on their car in Brazil.
A beauty queen and her pal streamed their own deaths on Instagram on a drunken high-speed joy ride in Ukraine in June.
And in April a boy of 13 from Atlanta accidentally shot himself dead while showing off to pals on Instagram Live.
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