Thursday evening in Paris saw two police officers attacked by a man with a Kalashnikov rifle. One of the officers is reported to be dead.

Armed officers have flooded the streets. The gunman has reportedly been killed according the French police and French news sources. French police are also saying this is probably a ‘terrorist act’.

***UPDATE***

The second police officer who was earlier reported to have been seriously injured is now dead.

JUST IN: Possible shooting shuts Champs-Élysées in Paris: reports https://t.co/AptgHR2SG5 — NBC News (@NBCNews) April 20, 2017

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Coming back from a run, Champs Elysées is a mess.. #paris pic.twitter.com/CTwRuqDCAQ — Ralph (@vanderpauw) April 20, 2017

Armed officers taking position behind a kiosk. pic.twitter.com/Gf2ykCOq61 — Ralph (@vanderpauw) April 20, 2017

Un policier mort dans son vehicule un autre blessée (pronostic inconnue). Suspect abattus #ChampsElysees pic.twitter.com/UKFwrixso5 — Les Murmures (@PatrioteGeek) April 20, 2017

One police officer confirmed dead in Paris. Cultural enrichment strikes again. — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 20, 2017

Looks like Paris narrowly avoided another Islamic massacre from the religion of peace. https://t.co/6FjBnObu5Q — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) April 20, 2017

French police source says one officer has been killed and another has been wounded in a shooting in Paris — Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) April 20, 2017

French police source says a person who fired on police in Paris has been killed — Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) April 20, 2017

French police say shooting in the Champs-Elysees area of Paris in which one police officer has been killed was probably “a terrorist act” — Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) April 20, 2017

UPDATE: The police identified the killer as an extremist.