A 74-year-old man was shot and killed by Austin SWAT officers Sunday night in an incident that began as a report of domestic violence inside a Northeast Austin apartment complex, Police Chief Brian Manley said Monday.

The episode is the first deadly Austin police shooting in almost two months. In late July, officers killed Mauris DeSilva in the Spring condominium in downtown Austin. Police said DeSilva wielded a knife as he was reportedly experiencing a mental breakdown.

The man killed Sunday night had not been identified by police at press time Monday.

Austin police initially received a 911 call at 7:16 p.m. Sunday from a woman who reported that her intoxicated husband had hit her, threatened to kill her and put a handgun to her head, Manley said.

Officers arrived at the Salado at Walnut Creek Apartments in the 2100 block of East Anderson Lane about five minutes later, after the woman was able to lock herself in a bedroom, the chief said. Officers then forced their way into the apartment and got the woman to safety. As they did, the man — whom police believed to be armed — barricaded himself in another bedroom and refused to leave, Manley said.

After multiple attempts to get the man to leave the apartment, SWAT officers, who are typically dispatched to a standoff if police believe a suspect is armed, arrived at the scene and began evacuating nearby residents around 8:20 p.m., police said.

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At 9:09 p.m., the man came to a window with a handgun displayed, Manley said. At 9:15 p.m., the man opened the front door of the apartment and fired several rounds toward SWAT officers, who took cover behind a tactical vehicle, the chief said.

"The tactical vehicle has multiple impacts from projectiles along with multiple flat tires where it was struck with gunfire from this suspect," Manley said, adding that no officers were injured.

One SWAT officer, a 25-year department veteran, returned fire and fatally shot the man, Manley said.

That officer, who was not identified by police at press time Monday, will be placed on administrative duty while criminal and internal investigations into the incident take place. Such action is standard protocol for Austin police when deadly force is used.

Manley said the wife of the man was treated at an area hospital for her injuries.

"This will be a busy scene throughout the night," said Manley, who asked that any witnesses with video of the incident share their footage with investigators.