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Suspect who took his own life during SWAT standoff identified

The coroner's office has identified the suspect as 45-year-old Orlando Montenegro of Marrero.

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — A man that Jefferson Parish deputies believed was involved in a recent kidnapping and burglary died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff at the Manhattan Blvd. on-ramp to the Westbank Expressway Wednesday. 

45-year-old Orlando Montenegro of Marrero has been identified as the suspect, according to coroner's office.

SWAT trucks and other law enforcement cars were on the scene as a silver pickup truck appeared to be stalled and engaged in a standoff.

Sheriff Joe Lopinto spoke to reporters after SWAT teams and other law enforcement had left the scene and after Montenegro appeared to be removed from a silver pickup truck. 

"We cornered off a big enough area knowing that the suspect had a gun," Lopinto said. "We were certainly being safe to make sure our approach didn't cause anything else. 

Sheriff Lopinto said the incident started when deputies noticed a silver pickup truck that they said matched a suspect wanted in a kidnapping and burglary. 

Montenegro apparently shot himself during a standoff with law enforcement, including a SWAT team, at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Deputies said they heard two shots inside the car. 

"I don't know the circumstances that led up to the warrant for those charges," Sheriff Lopinto said.

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