Man dies after suffering self-inflicted gunshot wound after hourslong SWAT standoff in Joliet, Illinois

A man wanted on felony drug charges has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, after an hours-long standoff with police in southwest suburban Joliet.

Just before 1 p.m., deputies tried to pull over a car in the 200 block of St. Jude Avenue when the driver crashed into a fence and ran off. The Will County Sheriff's Office said the driver had multiple warrants on felony drug charges.

The driver, who authorities said was a man in his 40s and is armed, broke into a nearby home two streets over in the 200 block of Romayne Avenue and barricaded himself inside. Negotiations went on between the man, the crisis negotiators, and the man's family members, for hours.

In an update just before 10 p.m., the sheriff's office said that "After hours of negotiating with the barricaded subject, the Will County SWAT team breached the home and attempted to make contact with the subject." Once inside, they said the man was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was rushed to St. Joseph Medical Center in critical condition.

Officials said he later died at the hospital.

The incident prompted the two nearby schools and a school administrative building to be placed on lockdown for a few hours during the standoff.