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Alliance Standoff Ends In Gunfire, Death
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The suspect was killed in a shootout after a 14-hour standoff with the law.

A fourteen-hour standoff in Alliance between a robbery suspect and authorities ended with gunfire, and the death of the suspect.

Andres Gonzalez had holed up in a downtown Alliance pharmacy with the owner, Charles Lierk. WCOW radio newsman Kevin Horn told 1110 KFAB, "A small town like Alliance where everybody knows everybody, a pharmacist is a good friend to everyone. And this is just a real unsettling situation."

A Nebraska state trooper and two Alliance police officers were wounded during the standoff. They're expected to be okay.

Investigators are still trying to determine if Gonzalez might have been involved with an apparent murder across town earlier in the day.