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Authorities quickly learned the man was well-armed and would not leave his house peacefully.

That information is contained in a preliminary report the Connecticut Office of Inspector General has released following a standoff in Stamford on Dec. 2 where 63-year-old Jed Parkington traded fire with members of the Stamford Police Department before turning the gun on himself .

According to the preliminary investigation conducted by Inspector General Eliot D. Prescott, a Connecticut state marshal arrived at a residence on Oaklawn Avenue in Stamford on Dec. 2 around 9 a.m. to evict the homeowners following the foreclosure of their mortgage.

The state marshal found Parkington’s wife and her dog in the driveway. As the marshal and Parkington’s

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