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Pittsburgh shooter Bill Hardison is dead: Six-hour stand-off is over after squatter who was a veteran and 'Sovereign Citizen' fired 1,000 rounds against SWAT teams while barricaded inside his late brother's house



Residents have been told to avoid 4800 block of Broad Street and N. Mathilda Street in the Garfield, Pittsburgh
Sheriff's deputies were attempting to serve an eviction notice - but when they approached the property, the occupant opened fire

grandfather who fought Pittsburgh police over his impending house eviction was confirmed dead after a six-hour gun battle that saw more than 100 shots fired.

A police source named the man as William Bill Hardison, 63, according to WPXI-TV, while relatives said the house on Broad Street in Garfield had been owned by his recently deceased brother.

Multiple SWAT teams surrounded the scene and exchanged fire with Hardison after he barricaded himself inside at around 11am following a failed attempt by police to enforce an eviction notice.

Shortly after 4.40pm a drone found the gunman 'prone' and bloody after flying around the house, and less than 30 minutes later police confirmed the man's death, according to KDKA.



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'We wanted a peaceful conclusion, a surrender in this instance, and so we used various methods to accomplish that,' Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Chief Larry Scirotto said. 'With every opportunity we were met with gunfire.'


Hardison is said to have been well stocked with firearms and ammunition, which led to up to 100 rounds being exchanged between him and law enforcement.

His son, who is also named William Hardison, was at the scene and pleaded with his father to end the standoff.

'Dad, please surrender. Please give up,' he said. 'You have children and grandchildren that love you dearly. Please stand down.'

A woman identifying herself as the man's sister had offered herself as a go-between.

'He's a good man, he's just lost his brother and he was in the service,' the woman shouted at reporters.

But she was turned away by police who warned that the gunman might not recognize her amid the chaos.