NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — A barricaded suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after police say he opened fire on officers in North Andover Wednesday night.

Officers responded to 416 Waverley Road shortly before 10 p.m. after a resident called 911 to report an armed family member suffering from a mental health episode, according to the North Andover Police Department.

When law enforcement arrived at the home, the armed suspect fired a bullet into an officer’s patrol car, causing metal fragments to hit him in the head, police said. That officer has since been treated and released from the hospital.

The 36-year-old suspect, whose name has not been released, was found dead “several hours” later from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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