GOLDSBORO, N.C. >> A sheriff’s deputy died after he and two other deputies were shot while trying to serve involuntary commitment papers at a North Carolina home, authorities announced Tuesday.

The Wayne County deputies went to a home south of Goldsboro to serve the papers about 10:30 a.m. Monday when someone inside opened fire, wounding all three, county officials said in a tweet. The suspect was barricaded inside the home for hours and at about 8 p.m., SWAT team members entered the home and found the suspect, identified as Jourdan Hamilton, 33, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.

The deputies were taken to hospitals and on Monday night, officials said Sgt. Matthew Fishman, 38, was in critical condition and the two other deputies, Cpl. Andrew Cox, 37, and Deputy Alexander Ramon Torres, 27, were stable. Tuesday, officials announced that Fishman had died.

– The Associated Press