POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Authorities say the man who killed himself after a standoff in a sheriff's office in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was a registered sex offender who had been brought in for questioning about a rape.
They say Ken-Tweal Catts grabbed a detective's pistol in a Dutchess County Sheriff's office interview room, fired a shot that grazed the officer's head and then holed up in an empty office before shooting himself.
The building was evacuated during the three-hour standoff that began at about 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Sgt. Michael Danpf says Catts was released from prison in 2007 after serving three years for sexual abuse.
The detective was treated and released from a hospital. His name isn't being released.
Poughkeepsie is about 70 miles north of New York City.
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