A woman allegedly shot another woman in Northridge Friday then retreated into her apartment, prompting a standoff with police that ended when the suspect was found dead.
Police said the woman killed herself.
The original shooting was reported at 11:25 a.m. Friday in the 17000 block of Plummer Street, near Balboa Boulevard, where a woman was found inside a car suffering from at least one gunshot wound, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Responding officers heard gunfire as they approached the scene. An apartment manager reportedly told them the suspect -- described as a woman in her 50s -- lived alone in the building.
A SWAT team responded to the scene after the woman allegedly barricaded inside her apartment. Several schools in the area were locked down as the standoff continued.
Shortly after 3 p.m., however, police determined the woman had killed herself.
The woman's name was being withheld by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner pending notification of relatives.
A motive for the shooting was not immediately known, although neighbors said it may have resulted from the tenant-landlord dispute.
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