An armed man confronted by police Thursday morning shot and killed himself in east Vancouver, according to police.

Someone called 911 at 10:24 a.m. after seeing a man with a gun in his waistband in the area west of Northeast 162nd Avenue near Southeast First Street. The police confronted the man, and a foot chase followed, Vancouver Police Department spokeswoman Kim Kapp said.

The chase ended near the intersection of Southeast 155th Avenue and Northeast Second Street, where officers ordered the man to drop his weapon multiple times.

“At that time, officers were engaging with the male, he refused to comply with commands to drop his weapon, which he had in his hands,” Kapp said.

Whether the man pointed the gun at or threatened the officers is not yet known, Kapp said, and the officers involved will be interviewed in the next few days.