ALTOONA, Iowa  — Altoona police, Monday morning, shot and killed a middle-aged white male, who they say was armed with a weapon outside a motel. According to a Press Release from the Altoona Police Department, officers responded at around 8:33-a.m., to a report of a suspicious person with a weapon was at the Motel 6.

Altoona police Sgt. Alyssa Wilson said in the announcement, officers arrived on-scene and located 51-year-old Jeffrey Meyer, of Des Moines outside the motel, with a gun in his hand. Authorities began to negotiate with the subject, but their attempts were unsuccessful. At around 9:08-a.m., Officers reported “Shots fired.” Meyer died at the scene.

No police officers were injured. The names of the Officers and suspect were not immediately released. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI). Other agencies responding to the scene during the incident, include: Officers with the Iowa Department of Public Safety; Mitchellville and Pleasant Hill Police Departments, and Iowa State Fair Police.