Official: Woman held hostage, escaped before deadly blast
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman's call to police to report that she had escaped after being held hostage for several days led to a standoff and explosion in a barn behind her home that left one person dead and nine police officers injured, officials said Thursday.
A regional police SWAT team responded to the property Wednesday afternoon after the woman's call and encountered a barricaded man. Officers negotiated with him for hours before a building on the property exploded around 8:30 p.m.
The nine officers were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and the remains of an unidentified person were found on the property, state police Trooper Kelly Grant said at a news conference.