article_snippet.sent: A 49-year-old gunman who was holed up in a vintage blue bus has been shot dead following a seven-hour standoff with SWAT officers that involved heavy gunfire, tear gas and the use of an armored car.
article_snippet.sent: Above, a vintage blue bus   is pictured in a wrecked off after a seven-hour standoff with SWAT officers .
article_snippet.sent: In the hours after the first shot, which occurred shortly before noon on Friday, SWAT officers and police fired more than a dozen rounds of tear gas at the bus in Turner Road - but to no avail.
article_snippet.sent: SWAT officers and police finally decided to ram an armored car into the blue bus, according to KOIN.com.
article_snippet.sent: In incredible scenes, SWAT offers drove an armored car into the blue bus, punching holes in the large vehicle.
article_snippet.sent: the suspect was hit and wounded by nine bullets, causing the suspect to slide out of the blue bus.
article_snippet.sent: Firing tear gas: In the hours after the first shot, which occurred shortly before noon on Friday, SWAT officers and police fired more than a dozen rounds of tear gas (pictured) at the bus in Turner Road - but to no avail .
article_snippet.sent: They finally decided to ram an armored car into the bus, an armored car is reported .
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  SWAT team finally decided to ram armored car into vehicle, punching holes in vehicle .
  