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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.

 A driver in another car across the road filmed the standoff as cops tried to talk to a man before he apparently shot himself
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A driver in another car across the road filmed the standoff as cops tried to talk to a man before he apparently shot himselfCredit: Live Leak / Instagram

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."

 The drama was broadcast to others on Instagram Live, who left comments including 'That's wild af'
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The drama was broadcast to others on Instagram Live, who left comments including 'That's wild af'Credit: Live Leak / Instagram
 It appears to be the same incident as a shooting in the car park of a Costco in Ohio
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It appears to be the same incident as a shooting in the car park of a Costco in OhioCredit: WHIO TV
 A man in a white car shot himself while police were trying to speak to him and later died in hospital
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A man in a white car shot himself while police were trying to speak to him and later died in hospitalCredit: WHIO TV

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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