The man shot and killed by police in a field near Sherwood Friday afternoon has been identified as 54-year-old Remi Sabbe of Tigard.

Police say he fired multiple shots when an officer approached him, and that they found an AR-style rifle in his truck.

According to a news release from the Washington County Sheriff's Office, just after 1:34 p.m., a Sherwood police officer responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle driving in a field near the intersection of Southwest Roy Rogers and Scholls-Sherwood roads north of Sherwood.

When the officer approached Sabbe, he drove off in his truck while firing multiple times, and retreated deeper into the property.

The county's tactical negotiation team - its version of a SWAT team - and its crisis negotiation team responded. Officers closed nearby roads, surrounded the area and established a large perimeter as the man drove to different spots within the field.

According to police, around 3:30 p.m., officers approached Sabbe in his truck.

Video footage from a news helicopter showed an armored vehicle ramming the pickup in the field.

That's when officers fired on Sabbe, police say. He was pronounced dead at the scene. It's unclear how many officers fired their weapons, how many shots they fired, or whether Sabbe fired his weapon.

It's also unclear why officers shot Sabbe, though police found an AR-style rifle in the man's truck. No officers were hurt.

Authorities are investigating, and the names of the involved officers will be released in the coming days.

The officers will be placed on administrative leave during the investigation, as is standard practice in an officer-involved shooting.

Oregon court records show that Sabbe pleaded guilty to reckless driving in 1993, and to driving under the influence of intoxicants in 2008. Sabbe has no record of violent offenses in Oregon.

-- Anna Marum