A suspected armed robber has been shot dead by an off duty police officer in Belfast.
Police sources said the officer shot at a man they said was armed with a knife at a petrol station on the Albertbridge Road.
The shooting took place after 7pm.
The man shot by the officer was initially said to have been injured but has since died.
The area around the filling station has been cordoned off while PSNI officers investigate the shooting.
A spokesman for the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said: "As is normal procedure the Police Ombudsman has been informed and are attending the scene."
PA