Palm Beach County deputies fatally shoot armed man after hours of negotiations near Boca Raton, sheriff says

Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies discharged their firearms following a hours-long negotiation with an armed person who was threatening suicide Wednesday night, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office.WATCH: Sheriff Ric Bradshaw gives update on fatal shooting Sheriff details deadly deputy-involved shooting near Boca RatonDeputies responded shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday to Sandalfoot Square at 23066 State Road 7 near Boca Raton, after receiving a call from relatives of an armed man who "was very suicidal," Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Thursday during a press conference.Deputies arrived to find the 30-year-old Army veteran sitting on the ground in front of the open driver's side door of his car, leaning back against the running board, with a gun in his left hand. He repeatedly put the weapon to his head during the standoff, the sheriff said."He said, 'I want to die. I want to kill myself,'" Bradshaw said. "He had a gun. He brandished it. He put it to his head several times.