Police shot and killed a man during a fight early Saturday morning in Cherokee, a small town in northwest Alabama.

Officers from the Cherokee Police Department and the Colbert County sheriff’s office responded to a call about a person reportedly being held against their will just before 2 a.m. at U.S. 72 and Cove Road.

“Upon arrival, officers got into a physical altercation and one of the suspects pointed what was believe to be a handgun; resulting in an officer involved shooting,” Cherokee police said in a statement Saturday morning.

Justin Gasque, the Colbert County Coroner, said the slain man was 40 years old. His name isn’t being released yet pending family notification.

No officers were injured.

The case has since been turned over to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, which routinely investigates for local departments when their officers injure or kill someone.

Joshua Phillips, the police chief in Cherokee, declined to comment. He referred all questions to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, which has not yet commented on the case.

Cherokee is home to 963 people in Colbert County in the far northwest corner of Alabama, near the Mississippi state line. The town is located about 85 miles west of Huntsville.