John E. Dunn

Suicide

At about 9:30 p.m. deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant to John E. Dunn, who was accused of sexually assaulting a child. Dunn's family had told police that he had a gun and had expressed suicidal intentions, so the deputies had paramedics accompany them to the house. Deputies and officers from a specially trained tactical unit surrounded the house and asked Dunn to come out, and a negotiator called Dunn by cell phone. Dunn would talk to the negotiator and then hang up to call his relatives, police said. After about 15 minutes, Dunn reportedly walked out a back door with a handgun and shot himself.