A Tyler man was shot by police and later died Thursday night after officers responded to a disturbance call in the Cascades neighborhood.

The man was identified as John Augustine Tangney O’Kelly, 38, of Tyler. Police say he was suicidal at the time of the shooting.

Officers were called around 7 p.m. to a home in the 3100 block of Cascades Court in Tyler. Dispatchers initially received the call as a suspicious person, but it was later updated to a disturbance involving a person inside a home.

As officers were on their way to the home, they received information the person, identified as O’Kelly, was going to attempt suicide.

“We … had evidence en route that the subject was attempting suicide, and so our officers were aware of that and knew what was going on,” Tyler PD Public Information Officer Andy Erbaugh said.

Erbaugh said when officers arrived, they entered the home and made contact with O’Kelly inside the home.

“… I can’t go into the specifics there, but there was an officer-involved shooting at that point in time,” Erbaugh said.

Ambulances and emergency medical services personnel were already near the area because of the information learned about the possible ongoing suicide attempt, so they were able to quickly respond to the home after O’Kelly was shot, Erbaugh said.

EMS took O’Kelly to a local hospital, where he later died, Erbaugh said.

Nothing further has been released about what exactly prompted the shooting.

The investigation has been turned over to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas Rangers, which is standard protocol in officer-involved shootings.

“This is because for our policy anytime we have an officer involved shooting, it’s always good to have an outside agency come in for transparency,” Erbaugh said. “I can’t go over a whole lot but we do have an integrity unit and they’ll be taking care of (the officer involved).”

Because the incident involves both an internal and a criminal investigation, Erbaugh said the process could take time.

“Both of those are separate but… together,” he said. “You have to deal with lab reports, search warrants… body camera views. You got a lot and it takes a while.”

The investigation remains active. Additional information will be released when available, police said.