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UPDATE: Standoff now a death investigation in Jim Thorpe

An 11-hour standoff is now a death investigation in Carbon County.

JIM THORPE, Pa. — An 11-hour standoff is now a death investigation in Carbon County.

A domestic incident led police to a house on Lehigh Street in Jim Thorpe on Monday. 

Lehigh Street between 6th and 7th Street closed around 8 a.m. Monday.

A woman told officers her husband threatened to shoot her and himself. She got out with their children.

Police spent the day negotiating with the man.

They finally went inside the house around 7 p.m. and found the man dead in a bedroom.

His name has not been released.

The Carbon County District Attorney is investigating. 

Courtney Clements woke up to all the commotion in front of her house.

"It's a bit unsettling, of course. Hopefully, everyone is OK, and they are able to talk whoever is not feeling well down from that place," Clements said.

Jim Thorpe School District placed all of its buildings on a non-intruder lockdown while this is all happening. Students were able to make it home safely from school.

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