Stephen Collins Dead — UPDATED: Story Turns Out to Be False

At Twitchy, "‘Baywatch’ star reports: ‘7th Heaven’ dad Stephen Collins has committed suicide."

Added:

That guy from 7th Heaven lives right around the corner from me & just shot himself a few minutes ago...

— Donna D'Errico (@DonnaDErrico) October 8, 2014

That's all I know. The police have the street cordoned off and aren't even letting residents in..

— Donna D'Errico (@DonnaDErrico) October 8, 2014

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— Donna D'Errico (@DonnaDErrico) October 8, 2014

More:

#BREAKINGNEWS: LAPD responding to reports of single gunshot at home owned by TV actor Stephen Collins http://t.co/ytX6HQJ3Bs

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) October 8, 2014

UPDATE: At CBS News:

.@LAPDHQ says gunshot report at actor #StephenCollins' #Tarzana home turned out to be false: http://t.co/NQLMKvGdBb. @breakingnews

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) October 8, 2014

And check Twitchy for updates as well.

Stephen Collins -- Cops Swarm Home After Suicide Report ... False Alarm http://t.co/pMVRo6t7uV

— TMZ (@TMZ) October 8, 2014