A 21-year-old Apple Valley man described as intoxicated and suicidal took his life in rural Scott County Tuesday despite police officers’ attempts to help him.

A woman called 911 about 12:15 p.m., saying that her son had fired shots in the garage of a home in the block of 8700 block Hunters Way, Apple Valley police said in a news release. Before officers arrived, he had left in a car.

A short time later, an officer saw the car and tried to make a traffic stop, but the driver continued out of Apple Valley and into rural Scott County.

The car eventually went off the road, and the driver emerged with a handgun, police said. Officers talked to him and fired bean bag rounds to try to get him to drop the gun.

“At that time the man took his own life with the handgun,” the release said. “Neither the original complainant nor the officers involved sustained any injuries during the incident.

Apple Valley police and the Scott County sheriff’s office are investigating.

The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office will release the victim’s name after establishing a positive ID.