Police: Barricaded suspect died of gunshot wounds

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An autopsy found 42-year-old Bert Mercado, who died Nov. 27 after being shot by police officers during a barricade situation in Hawaiian Beaches, died of gunshot wounds, not of self-inflicted knife wounds, police said Tuesday.