Baltimore Police on Monday shot and killed a 26-year-old man near the 4600 block of York Road after he fled from officers and then began firing at police, Commissioner Richard Worley said at press conference.

Worley said officers were patrolling the area in North Baltimore when they saw a man, whom officials have not identified, start running away after he saw them.

Police chased the man — three officers on foot and a third in a police vehicle, Worley said. The man pulled a gun and started shooting at police, hitting the cruiser four or five times, the chief said.

Officers returned fire, striking the armed man multiple times, Worley said. None of the officers was injured. The man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The officers will be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation which will be led by the Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division.

The AG’s office investigates all fatal police incidents in the state.

“None of those officers came out here wanting this to happen,” Mayor Brandon Scott said at a press briefing. “These folks are here to help protect you.”

There was a heavy police response at the site of shooting, a stretch of York Road that includes a mix of shops and rowhomes. A belt, a shoe and a pair of handcuffs were among the items scattered on the ground. A police cruiser with a damaged back right window rested on the curb.

Several blocks of York Road were closed, police said, and people were asked to avoid the area.

This is the second reported police-involved shooting in Baltimore this year, though the first involving the Baltimore Police Department. A bailiff shot an an armed man at the East Baltimore District Courthouse in late January. The man shot himself and later died, officials said.