IRVING (November 22, 2009)—A who police say pointed a BB gun at officers in suburban Dallas was shot to death, police said.

Irving Police Department spokesman David Tull said the officers were investigating a shots-fired call early Saturday when they came upon the unidentified man, who was carrying the BB gun.

Officers ordered the man to drop the gun, but instead he pointed the weapon at them and that’s when he was shot, police said.

He was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital where he later died.

Police say the man was staying with a relative in southwest Irving and went outside with the gun to investigate noises.