By Natalie Geddes

RCMP find Glenavon man dead after standoff

Apr 6, 2011 | 7:48 AM

After not being able to make contact again with a distraught man in Glenavon, RCMP officers went into the building and found him dead.

Nine hours earlier, RCMP received a call about the man. He was at the town's former school, which is being renovated into a hotel.

Officers at the scene learned he had a gun and was threatening to harm himself.

Homes nearby were evacuated and roads were closed.