(3/4/2019) - Investigators say a Huron County man shot his girlfriend in a Sebewaing-area apartment complex early Saturday before police rushed in and engaged in a shootout.

The suspect, 49-year-old Ricky Lee Prichard, was shot and killed by members of the Michigan State Police Emergency Services Team.

Police responded to the apartment complex because Prichard was threatening to take his own life. His girlfriend and his mother both were inside with him.

His mother was able to leave the apartment, but several hours after the initial call police say Prichard shot his girlfriend in the shoulder. That's when two Michigan State Police Emergency Services Team members entered the apartment.

Investigators say Prichard fired one shot in the direction of the troopers, but he was killed when officers returned fire.

"It was kind of eerie, kind of close to home," said Linda Motin, who lives in the same apartment building and knew Prichard. "Nice fella, just all kinds of problems, you know. But we all have our own problems, don't we?"

Prichard's girlfriend was taken to the hospital and was listed in stable condition Monday.

"I just hope everything works out for her," Motin said. "That will be something she will have to live with."

Ashley Metz lives near the apartments. She said the small community of about 1,600 people is still coming to the grips with what happened in Sebewaing last year, when a man killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself in another neighborhood.

"We moved here because it's so small and quiet and it's not very quiet anymore, unfortunately," Metz said.

The two Michigan State Police Emergency Services Team members are on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.