A tragic incident in North Andover, Massachusetts, when a man entrenched himself in his Waverly Road home and later died after discharging multiple rounds at responding police officers. The incident started late Wednesday night when authorities were alerted to a potential mental health crisis involving a 36-year-old man with a firearm, as reported by WCVB.

The distressed individual open fired on officers upon their arrival, striking a police cruiser and indirectly injuring an officer with shrapnel to the head, the man was said to be experiencing a, "mental health episode," NBC Boston reports. The wounded officer was subsequently hospitalized at Lawrence General Hospital but was released after treatment.

Authorities, including a SWAT team from the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, swarmed the scene as the man rebuffed orders to exit the residence and kept up a gunfire barrage from different windows. The tense standoff lasted several hours before coming to a grim conclusion when the man took his life with a self-inflicted gunshot, police stated.

Following the resolution of the standoff, video footage showed law enforcement removing multiple firearms from the premises. The situation not only ended in the loss of a life; but left a neighborhood shaken and a family grappling with grief and countless questions. The name of the deceased has not been publicized as the investigation continues, and the exact motives behind his actions remain unclear.