SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Seven San Antonio police officers were shot while responding to a “suicide in progress” call and the suspect was later found dead inside an apartment after a standoff, the city’s police chief said.

A police chief says seven San Antonio officers were shot while responding to a “suicide in progress” call and the suspect was later found dead inside an apartment after a standoff. San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus described the suspect as a man in his 40s and said the original call to police came from a family member.

Law enforcement agencies initially responded to the apartment complex for what San Antonio Police Chief William McManus called a "suicide in progress."