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Dramatic Standoff in Lehigh County Ends in 2 Deaths

A man and woman are dead in an apparent murder-suicide following a dramatic standoff with police in the Lehigh Valley.

The ordeal started sometime Saturday morning after 11:30 when an armed pair wanted for a parole violation in another county was spotted in Upper Saucon Township. They fled and shot at an officer at least once during a chase. The man and woman ran into two separate homes attempting to confiscate car keys, police said.

"I walked up to my door and I stuck the key in and I couldn't open it," said Upper Saucon resident David Stahler. "I looked down and I saw a muddy footprint on the door."

Police called for the pair to exit and even tossed tear gas into the house, but the couple remained barricaded in a home off Limeport Pike.

The standoff with police lasted more than nine hours before the two suspects were found dead in an attic.

The names of the suspects have not been released.

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