using the tip given to them by "dateline", the police made a decision to call in a swat team and perform a tactical entry. they feared that conradt was aware of their presence and was now destroying evidence. the police broke the door's lock and swept through the house. they encountered conradt in a hallway. according to the officers' account, conradt said a variation of "i'm not going to hurt anyone". he then shot himself with a browning .380 handgun.