Authorities report that an Armstrong County man who was in a shootout with police in Allegheny County Dec. 9, died from a self-inflicted shot from his own gun.

Allegheny County Medical Examiner Karl Williams said Monday that the police officer’s .45-caliber gunshots struck 26-year-old Paul Slimick of South Buffalo Township only in his legs, but he died of a wound to his head from his own .38-caliber handgun.

County detectives and local police said an officer responded to a report of a burglary in progress at a Monroeville residence at about 10 p.m. Dec. 9.

Lt. Andrew Schurman said the officer ordered Slimick to stop, but he fired and the officer returned fire. Slimick died less than an hour later at Forbes Regional Hospital.