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Richmond police fatally shot a man who officers say was stabbing a woman outside a home near the Fan District on Wednesday.

Just after 11 a.m., two officers responded to the 2000 block of West Cary Street for a domestic incident that involved a man armed with a knife. The officers were directed to a house in the middle of the block, between Rowland and Meadow streets, according to a statement released by the Richmond Police Department.

Behind the home, the two officers encountered a man stabbing a woman, police said. After the man refused commands to drop the knife and continued to stab the woman, both officers discharged their weapons, striking the man several times. It’s unclear whether gunfire from both weapons struck the man.

The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:47 a.m. Police said they plan to release the man’s name Thursday.

The woman who was stabbed and a second man, who also suffered stab wounds, were taken to a hospital. Another woman drove herself to a hospital for treatment of stab wounds. All three are expected to survive, police said.