Latest: Body found at burned Riverside home after gunfight

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Latest on the search for a suspect who shot at officers in Riverside (all times local):

5:15 p.m.

Riverside police say a body has been found in a home that caught fire after a night-long standoff with a gunman who fired at officers.

But the Riverside Press-Enterprise (http://bit.ly/2l3Oymc ) says authorities haven’t confirmed whether it’s the gunman.

The confrontation began at around 11 p.m. Monday when officers approached a suspicious parked car with three people inside. Police say a fourth man standing nearby began to walk away, ignored orders to stop and then ran.

Officer Ryan Railsback says he was followed to a side street where he pulled a gun and fired several shots. The officers fired back but weren’t sure if they hit him.

Railsback says the man ran off again and was believed to have holed up in a home in the Arlington neighbourhood.

A SWAT team was called and several neighbouring homes were evacuated.

Railsback says the team was preparing to enter the home around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when it caught fire.

It’s unclear what sparked the blaze, which took about four hours to contain.

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9:45 a.m.

Riverside police say a suspect who shot at officers during a foot chase may have holed up in a house that caught fire.

Officer Ryan Railsback says the blaze broke out early Tuesday after police evacuated the home during an all-night search for the suspect.

Railsback says once the fire dies down, SWAT officers will try and determine whether the man was inside.

The shooting happened late Monday after officers approached a suspicious parked vehicle with several people inside.

Railsback says a man standing near the vehicle began walking away, ignored orders to stop, and then started running into a surrounding neighbourhood. Railsback says as officers gave chase, the man shot several rounds at them. Officers returned fire but the man got away.

No officers or residents were hurt.

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5:30 a.m.

SWAT officers with helicopter support are combing a Riverside neighbourhood for a suspect who opened fire at police during a foot pursuit.

Officials say the shooting happened late Monday after officers approached a parked vehicle with people inside.

Officer Ryan Railsback says a man standing near the vehicle began walking away, ignored orders to stop, and then started running. Railsback says as officers gave chase, the man shot at them. Officers returned fire but the man got away.

Police say they aren’t sure if the suspect was hit. No officers were hurt.

Residents are urged to remain inside as the neighbourhood is searched.

The people inside the vehicle are being questioned by police.