A man wearing a ski mask was fatally shot by a Virginia police officer Friday morning after he pointed what appeared to be a handgun at officers, according to police.

The shooting happened after 8 a.m. on Friday, May 1, on the 300 block of Second Avenue South in Virginia.

Officers responded to a report of a man pacing and armed with a gun. Officers ordered the man to drop the weapon, but he refused. The male then pointed what appeared to be a handgun at the officers, police said.