Potsdam

Two Clarkson University students are dead after local police responded to a domestic incident and shot a man who was stabbing a woman, State Police said.

The incident happened at about 2:45 p.m. Thursday, when Potsdam police responded to the Swan Landing Apartment complex in the village for a report of an assault in progress.

Witnesses directed officers to the apartment, where they found a man on top of a woman, stabbing her and himself with a knife, police said. The man failed to comply with an order to drop the knife and was shot and killed, police said.

The woman was taken to Canton-Potsdam Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Their names have not been released, but State Police confirmed they were students at Clarkson University.

Local news station WWNY TV reported that the students were both natives of China.

The police officer who shot the man was Matt Seymour, the station reported. He reportedly fired five shots.

State Police were continuing the investigation with the St. Lawrence County District Attorney's Office and could not be reached later Thursday night for an update.