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The North Providence police evacuated houses on Towanda Drive Sunday, March 1, while trying to negotiate with a man inside a house who had threatened to harm himself and family members.

The man was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to North Providence Police Chief Alfredo Ruggiero Jr.

The police responded to the house around 3:15 p.m. after family contacted them, saying the man had threatened them and himself and that he had access to a firearm, according to Ruggiero. The family members – the man's mother and two brothers – safely evacuated, and the man barricaded himself inside, according to Ruggiero.

A police negotiator and social worker tried talking to the man, but were only able to engage him for a few minutes. Family members told the police he had been showing signs of depression in recent months, according to Ruggiero.

The police went into the house and found the man at about 7:40 after a Rhode Island State Police drone entered the home, according to Ruggiero.

Ruggiero said the police had no previous contact with the man. "He wasn't on our radar for anything over the years," he said.

"Our condolences go out to all the family members," Ruggiero said.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Houses evacuated in North Providence after man threatens harm