TOMS RIVER - A 56-year-old man is dead following a police-involved shooting in a Toms River apartment, authorities said.

Two officers arrived at the Silver Ridge apartment complex on Edgewood Drive around 12:30 p.m. to assist with a person "believed to be in need of professional mental health services," said Al Della Fave, a spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office.

Della Fave said as the officers were assisting the 56-year-old man, who was not immediately identified, an "altercation" occurred and at least one of the officers fired a weapon.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Della Fave said.

Additional details are pending an autopsy report and further investigation, Della Fave said.

Police Tuesday afternoon had the Silver Ridge apartment complex blocked off, and yellow police tape surrounded the entrance of an apartment in one of the buildings. Only residents were allowed to enter the complex.

The prosecutor's office's major crimes bureau was at the scene investigating, Della Fave said. The Ocean County Sheriff's Office was also present.

Investigators could be seen going in and out of an apartment in one of the buildings.

A resident who lives in an adjacent complex, Lizette Rodriguez, said seeing police at the Silver Ridge complex is a common occurrence.

"We see cops here all the time," Rodriguez, 22, said. "They know a lot of residents by name. They're here two times a week, three if we're lucky."

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