KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A hours-long standoff at a Kings Mountain hotel has come to an end, police say. Police responded to the Holiday Inn Express around 8:05 a.m. on Saturday in reference to a well-being check related to a missing person report filed out of South Carolina on Friday.

Police immediately retreated and evacuated the nearby rooms. Several hours into the standoff, police said they heard a single gunshot from the room. Whitman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said lifesaving attempts were unsuccessful and Whitman died at the scene.

When the incident began, officers “immediately retreated” and evacuated surrounding areas in the hotel, according to a police statement.

Officers “immediately retreated” and evacuated surrounding areas in the hotel, according to a police statement.