Five people died on Thursday in Phoenix after a shooting caused by a family dispute. The victims were three men and two women who were all adults. The gunman was among the dead, said ABC.

Associated Press reports that the dispatcher of 911 could hear gunshots in the background while handling a call which came from a woman who was able to escape the carnage. She provided information to authorities who responded to the call for help.

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The woman was able to escape with two children, reports Daily Mail.

The incident began with a standoff with the police after a barricade situation that lasted for hours in a residential community. The said standoff happened at a house in the 4300 block of East Anderson Drive at around 2 p.m., accoding to the report.

An hour after the standoff, neighbors heard muted gunshots. Because of the possible danger, the police first sent a robot to search the house, followed by a dog and cops, said police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump.

"Our dispatcher could hear shots fired in the background while that call was coming in," the AP quotes Crump as saying. "A caller had been able to escape the home at that point, get out and start to give us information."

Based on TV footage, the responding SWAT team officers were able to enter the house by breaking the glass of a door at the back.

Crump said the number of people who fired shots is not known, but the police is not looking for any outstanding suspects.

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