A gunman in a wheelchair was shot to death by police after threatening to take his own life, neighbors told The News Journal.

The shooting happened Wednesday around 3 p.m. in the 1800 block of Tulip Street in Wilmington, Delaware.

A woman who identified herself as the gunman's cousin told the newspaper he was shot by police when he refused to put down his gun.

Authorities said officers were called to the area of Tulip and South Scott streets about 3 p.m. Wednesday about a man with a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound.



Police found a man armed with a handgun in the 1800 block of Tulip Street, and a shooting ensued.



The man died at the scene.



Further details were not immediately available.