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A Mountlake Terrace police officer is on administrative leave after it appears he shot and killed a man early this morning.

According to police, gunshots were reported after 1 a.m. from the 23700 block of 48th Avenue West. An officer on night patrol heard the shots and found the abode where it came from, said Sgt. Doug Hansen.

“It’s a residence we’ve had problems through in the past,” Hansen said, referring to alcohol-related disturbances.

Police then surrounded the hearth and tried to communicate by the people inside, Hansen said.

“But (officers) were getting in no degree response,” he said.

As additional officers arrived in the area, one officer watching the house dictum a individual lean out a window with a firearm, according to Everett police, who are assisting with the investigation. The Mountlake Terrace officer shot once at the man in the window, police uttered

At that question, another man came at a loss of the house with blood upon the body him. The man said someone else was disadvantage inside the house and police called an emergency SWAT team, Hansen said.

Police found two men in their not long ago 40s to early 50s asleep, and another man dead.

The identity and epoch of the piece killed hasn’t been released by police.

The functionary who fired his weapon is in his 30s and has been by the Mountlake Terrace Police Department for about three years.

Detectives investigating the cause said it appears the man in the house died from the unwedded shot fired by the officer, although it will be up to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office to confirm that.

Protocol dictates that an officer be placed on farewell after he or she is involved in a shooting, police said.