One person was killed and another injured in an apparent domestic shooting on South Bend's southwest side Saturday evening.

The shooting happened in the 2500 block of Prairie Avenue. The original call came in at 6:10 p.m., dispatch confirmed.

Dispatch also said the caller reported that he was going to harm his wife and then himself.

St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit Commander Tim Corbett said the two people involved are in their 70s. The man reportedly shot the woman, who is either the man's wife or ex-wife, in the head, killing her. He also allegedly shot and killed a dog.

Tribal police were the first on the scene, and they reportedly tried to calm down the man, who was holding a gun to his head.

"The police got there, in particularly one of the Pokagon officers got there," Commander Tim Corbett said. Saw the man standing at the front door with a weapon to his head. There was a verbal contact between the officer and the individual inside the home. The man then shot himself in the head, fell down, the police officers formed a rescue team."

He reportedly fired a self-inflicted shot and was transported to the hospital with apparent life-threatening injuries.

The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit has taken over the investigation.