SUISUN CITY, CA - A man is dead after being shot by officers Thursday afternoon.

Fairfield police and Solano County sheriff's deputies responded to Suisun City Boat Launch at the end of Kellogg Street around 4:36 p.m. after getting a call about a suicidal man with a gun, Fairfield Police Officer Cleo Mayoral said.

When deputies and police arrived at the scene, they tried to talk to the suspect. Mayoral said during the negotiations, an officer, or officers, fired shot(s) at the suspect and he died.

It is unclear what lead up to shots being fired or how many officers fired at the suspect.

The shooting is being investigated by the Fairfield Police, Suisun City Police, Solano Sheriff's Office and the Solano County District Attorney's Office.

Mayoral said the suspect has not been identified.

SACRAMENTO, CA - A couple from Mississippi wanted for felony child abuse, child endangerment and manslaughter may be in Central or Northern California, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

This isn't the first time Marshals have sought the public's help in finding Janet and Ramon Barreto. The pair are wanted in connection to the 2008 death of their toddler Enna Barreto in Mississippi. During a search of the Barretos' Mississippi home, law enforcement reported finding multiple children bound with duct tape and living in a trailer filled with feces. Some of the children were found to have food stored in their cheeks, because, they told investigators, they didn't know when they would next get food.

Also on the Barretos' property: malnourished puppies in a puppy mill the couple operated, according to investigators.

Ramon Barreto is believed to have a connection in Guatamala that involves child trafficking, the Marshal's news release said.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes rose in March to the highest level in three years.

The National Association of Realtors says that its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales rose 1.5 percent to 105.7. That's the highest since April 2010, when a homebuyer's tax credit boosted sales. It's also above February's reading of 104.1.

Signed contracts are 7 percent higher than they were a year earlier. There is generally a one- to two-month lag between a signed contract and a completed sale. Still, sales are being held back by limited supply.

Sales of previously occupied homes dipped in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.92 million, down from 4.95 million in February.