Two Vancouver police detectives shot and killed an armed man during a traffic stop Thursday afternoon in Hazel Dell.

The shooting was reported at 1:40 p.m. near the intersection of Northeast 78th Street and Northeast 25th Avenue. An officer radioed “shots fired!”

Six minutes earlier, officers had stopped an eastbound, dark-colored Kia sedan at that location, which is in an unincorporated suburban area patrolled by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

Additional police, deputies and emergency medical responders were dispatched after the reports of gunfire.

Police department spokeswoman Kim Kapp said detectives with the Safe Streets Task Force had stopped a known gang member related to an investigation into narcotics trafficking. The man was armed with a handgun and uncooperative when the officers pulled him over.