Witnesses say a man who was shot and killed by Vancouver police late Thursday afternoon was armed and pointed two guns at himself, passers-by and responding officers.

Officers were called about 4:45 p.m. for a report of an armed suspect near West 12th and Jefferson streets west of downtown Vancouver. Shortly after, officers yelled that shots had been fired and said the suspect was down, with a firearm by his feet, according to emergency radio traffic monitored at The Columbian.

“Multiple callers called in saying a man was waving his guns and pointing them at people,” Vancouver Police Department spokeswoman Kim Kapp said.

She confirmed that two officers fired their weapons; neither was injured. The officers have been placed on critical incident leave, standard department protocol in an officer-involved shooting. They likely will not be identified until Monday, she said.

Kapp did not identify the man who was killed.