Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies say a man who barricaded inside a home with his two children has died after an hours-long standoff that began Monday night. The sheriff's office said the children – ages 3 and 4 – were released a few hours before the barricade ended and the man died. The children are safe. After the children were out of the home, deputies put a liquid-based canister into the home located on Oliver Road in Venus as a way to get Sonny Holland, 43, outside. However, authorities say they heard a gunshot from inside the home and it began to smoke. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/highlandscounty/highlands-county-barricaded-person-children-hostage-venus/67-734200c9-73d1-40e9-9083-d99e1e5c5f6a ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay