Standoff in Seaside prompts home evacuations

Homes were evacuated Tuesday night near the 1500 block of Contra Costa Street in Seaside, according to the Seaside Police Department.

Police said they responded to reports of a suicidal man at 7:10 p.m. Upon arrival, police said officers heard a gunshot coming from a residence.

The Police Department called officers from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Special Response Unit, which consists of SWAT and Crisis Negotiations team members, police said.

The SWAT team was able to get inside the home shortly after 10 p.m. and found a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head, police said. He was taken to a near by Trauma Center.