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Blue Ridge Shooting Suspect Kills Himself

Posted: 7:36 am PDT May 10, 2005Updated: 2:00 pm PDT May 10, 2005

A 70-year-old Arizona man wanted in connection with a shooting in Seattle's Blue Ridge neighborhood killed himself in his car in Ballard on Tuesday, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.

Police surrounded the car late Tuesday morning and a shot was heard. Officers shielded by an armored vehicle checked on the man and found him dead inside the car from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

An area near Northwest 43rd Street and 8th Avenue Northwest was closed off while police investigated.

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The man reportedly drove from Arizona and shot his daughter's boyfriend at a Blue Ridge home on Monday afternoon.

A resident in the neighborhood told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News there was a dispute over a rental deposit and utility bills.

The wounded 32-year-old man is recovering at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was listed in serious condition on Tuesday.

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