Two Middletown police officers fatally shot a man following what was described as a deadly domestic violence incident, according to the department and a representative for the city’s police union.

Officers responded to the 3000 block of Mohawk Street in Middletown around 4:42 p.m. July 13 after a report that a woman was shot by her husband, according to a Middletown police news release.

Dan Hils with Frontline Advisors, a group representing the department’s police union, said officers confronted a 60-year-old man who had shot his 53-year-old wife inside the home.

The man presented a gun toward officers and shot toward police, Hils said.

“The police continued to negotiate with him, but when he raised the gun at them again, the police responded in protection of their own lives and the suspect was shot,” Hils said.

When officers entered the home, they found both the man and woman had died, the news release states.

Hils said the two officers who discharged their weapons have been placed on leave.

The identities of the officers and the deceased man and woman have not been released.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigations has been asked to investigate the officer-involved shooting, according to the department’s news release.

This report was updated with information from the department.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Middletown police shoot, kill man during fatal domestic violence call