Officials are investigating after a Baltimore County police officer shot and killed a man in Dundalk on Sunday.

Police responded to the 8200 block of North Boundary Road around 7:30 p.m. after a 911 call reporting a “mental health crisis,” according to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General.

Officers contacted the caller, and one officer went to an alley behind the home, the attorney general’s office said.

Behind the alley, a man who matched the description provided by the caller “fired upon the officer,” according to the initial investigation.

The officer in the alley fired back and the man was wounded, the attorney general’s office said.

The man was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Officials said a handgun was recovered from the scene.

During a press conference Sunday evening, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said this was an isolated incident.

“We recognized in these types of incidents, even the person who was the victim or the person who was shot, they have family members, and we empathize with them, and there are a lot of people involved,” McCullough said, according to WJZ.

Officials have not identified the man who was shot or the officers involved.

The shooting is being handled by the Independent Investigations Division of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General, according to officials. The attorney general’s office investigates all fatal police incidents in the state.

This is the fifth shooting in 2025 that involves county police, McCullough said.

Last week, Baltimore County police officers shot a man in Essex who was armed with a knife, and in April, county officers fatally shot a man armed with a bow and arrow in Arbutus.

Earlier this year, Baltimore County officers were involved in a shooting at the Wilkens Police Precinct. An armed man, identified later as a local teacher, shot at officers in the parking lot of the precinct, authorities said.

Neighbors told WJZ they didn’t anticipate the call for help would end with a man fatally shot.

“This area is usually a pretty good area,” said Russell Hayes, a neighbor. “We don’t usually have crime. The neighbors get along good.”

The Banner’s Cody Boteler contributed to this report.