MODESTO (AP) — Police investigating the death of a man suspected of gunning down a California sheriff’s deputy and a civilian say they’ve found equipment indicating he was preparing for an armed confrontation: a ballistic vest, a gas mask and several weapons including a high-powered assault rifle.The man’s body was found in the burnt ruins of an apartment building following a fiery standoff with law officers.The fatal shooting Thursday morning of the deputy and a locksmith during an eviction led to a day-long standoff that ended when the four-unit apartment building caught fire. On Friday, authorities recovered a badly burned body that has not been positively identified. But they said the male is the suspect in the slayings.The weapons were found close to the suspect’s body along with police-style radios, police said Satursday.“Investigators also found that the man was wearing a ballistic vest which strongly suggests that the man barricaded himself in the apartment and was preparing himself for an armed confrontation with police,” said Modesto police spokesman Sgt. Brian Findlen.The former security guard whose apartment was the scene of the shootings was a financially troubled, paranoid recluse who feared that his apartment would be taken away from him, according to those who knew him.James Ferrario, 45, lived by himself in the building after his father died in 2008.Police tentatively identified the body recovered from the apartment Friday, but will not release the name until it is confirmed through DNA and the “coroner’s process,” Findlen said.