One man shot in Terre Haute

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - Terre Haute police responded to a home on the city's south side on a report of a man firing a gunshot in the neighborhood.

Police said they talked with the man in his garage about the incident. Then there was a struggle, the man went back inside the garage, that's when officers say they heard him loading a shotgun.

Police said the man came out of the garage pointing the shot gun at an officer, that's when the two officers opened fire.

The man was fatally shot in the chest as well as a shot in high thigh. Police said while they wish it could have ended different, the officers did the right thing.

"They did exactly what they were supposed to do. It's unfortunate anyone had to lose a life but it's just fortunate those officers weren't hurt, " assistant Chief Shawn Keen of the Terre Haute Police said.

Police say they had been called to the same home on a complaint about the same man just two hours before regarding the man being intoxicated in the street.

NEW: Vigo County Coroner Dr. Roland Kohr said the man's blood alcohol level was five times the legal limit.

Police have not released the man's name at this time.