Actress Sandra Bullock's stalker killed himself in his Los Angeles area home on Wednesday after SWAT officers had surrounded the place for five hours.
Los Angeles Police Department officers were serving a warrant at the La Crescenta home of Joshua Corbett, 42, when he barricaded himself inside, resulting in SWAT officers responding to the scene. He claimed he had a weapon and threatened to kill the officers.
Crisis negotiators reportedly spent five hours attempting to convince Corbett to leave his home before they entered the house and found him dead of a self-inflicted wound.
While police did not confirm the nature of the warrant, Corbett reportedly had failed to show up for a hearing related to his probation on April 23.
In 2014, Corbett was tried and sentenced for stalking Bullock and breaking into her home. Officials said at the time that Corbett had two dozen illegal firearms and ammunition in his residence.
In the 2014 hearing, Bullock could be heard in a terrifying 911 call telling the dispatcher, "I'm in my closet. I have a safe door. I'm locked in the closet right now."
Corbett was issued a 10-year protective order that required him to stay away from Bullock and was also sentenced to five years probation and treatment at a mental health facility.
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