Name withheld by police

Suicide

A chase in which an officer tasered a man led to a standoff with the man inside a Mid-City house and ended with the man's suicide, police said. The incident began before 1 a.m., when an officer on patrol pulled the man over for driving at a high rate of speed on Banks St. The driver turned onto the 400 block of S. Genois and stopped in a driveway, before allegedly pushing the officer and fleeing on foot. The officer caught up and a struggle reportedly followed. The officer used his Taser on the man, who got away and ran to the rear of a house in which he apparently lived. The man's roommate came outside of the house and tried to talk the man out of the house. The roommate also reportedly told police that there were several guns and ammunition inside. The SWAT team was called and a short time later, police said they heard one gunshot. Later, the man was found inside with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene.