Lebanon man found dead after five-hour standoff with SWAT team

Staff reports 6:12 a.m.


Lebanon man found dead after five-hour standoff with SWAT team

Safety officials including Lebanon Fire and EMS Chief Dan Meehan, right, at standoff scene on Monday, (WCSH video image/courtesy)

LEBANON, Maine - State Police say a standoff at a home on the Lower Barley Road on Monday night is over.

Troopers found the man, identified as 59 year old Wayne Castellez, dead inside his mobile home around 9:30 p.m.

The standoff begin around midafternoon after several shots were fired from inside the house.

The man's wife fled the home without injury and the State Police tactical team was called to the scene.

Police say Castellez likely died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

According to its Facebook page, Lebanon Fire and EMS was toned around 2 p.m. for an "emotionally disturbed" man at a Lower Barley Road residence.

At 2:03 p.m. Lebanon Fire was toned for the same residence due to the sound of smoke detectors sounding inside the home.

Soon after Lebanon Fire and EMS notified the Emergency Management Agency, requesting its drone unit be brought to the scene.

A Maine State Police Tactical Team was then called in, and units from Augusta and as far away at Caribou and Machias responded to the scene.

EMS and other responders were cleared around 9:20 p.m.