(KLZA)-- A Nebraska State Patrol news release identified the man found dead after allegedly shooting his wife, then hold officers at bay for several hours in Adams, Nebraska Monday night into Tuesday morning as 40-year-old Thomas Sharp. 

Sharp died of a self-inflicted gunshot would during the standoff at a home on Elm Street in Adams.

The patrol says Sharp's wife called to report he had beaten her, pointed a gun at her and shot her in the hand.  She and her three children escaped.  After several hours, Sharp was found dead inside the home.

No officers were injured.