LA CRESCENTA, Calif. — A man convicted of breaking into the home of Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock was found dead after an hours-long police standoff Wednesday at a home in La Crescenta, California, according to multiple news outlets.
Los Angeles police went to the home of Joshua Corbett, 42, early Wednesday morning to serve a warrant, KNBC-TV reported. Corbett, who barricaded himself inside a building and refused to leave, reportedly claimed he had a weapon and threatened to kill officers.
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#BREAKING: Sandra Bullock's stalker kills himself during an hours-long standoff with police. The full story now on the NBC4 News at 4 https://t.co/IzeBwMQ46q
— NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) May 2, 2018
"The SWAT team was sent due to the suspect's threat of violence to police," Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison told KCBS-TV.
Authorities said negotiators tried to reason with Corbett, but were unsuccessful. He was found dead Wednesday afternoon from a self-inflicted injury that was not a gunshot wound, police said.
In 2014, Corbett was convicted of breaking into Bullock’s West Los Angeles home and was sentenced to five years probation and mental health counseling.
Sandra Bullock's stalker found dead after standoff with police https://t.co/tDouuFOhwY pic.twitter.com/oK9cxJCTZ0
— Variety (@Variety) May 3, 2018
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