Authorities Thursday continue to investigate the death of a man who was found dead inside a Ramona residence where for about nine hours there was a SWAT standoff.

A caller asked for a welfare check on a man’s well-being in the 1500 block of Royal Vista Drive shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office .

After deputies were unable to make contact with the suspect believed to be at the address, crisis negotiators and special weapons and tactics personnel were called in.

“When deputies arrived on scene, they contacted the man through an open window. He did not respond, instead, the man retreated behind a closed door,” sheriff’s officials said.

Deputies then heard what sounded like the racking of a weapon, prompting them to retreat to a safer loca

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