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Police: Man dies of self-inflicted gunshot

A Huntington Beach man shot himself with a handgun after a

standoff in the parking lot of Newland School on Sunday, police said.

Police responded at 2 p.m. when a family member called and told

them that 43 year-old Scott Alan Chapman had been drinking and left

the house distraught and possibly armed with a gun, Lt. Dave Bunetta

said.

Officers checked the area and found Chapman in his car in a nearby

parking lot, police said. Officers attempted to contact him and get

him to come out of the car, but he refused, Bunetta said.

The man then drove away, headed northbound on Magnolia Street, and

police followed in a low-speed pursuit, Bunetta said.

The car stopped in the parking lot of Newland School, and again

police tried to get Chapman to come out of the car. After several

hours of talking with him on a cellphone, Chapman shot himself,

Bunetta said.

He was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, and later

pronounced dead. Police are not releasing the details of the phone

conversation, Bunetta said.

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