A group of police officers in central France were gunned down early Wednesday morning, according to French prosecutors.
A report released by AFP Wednesday cited prosecutors who said that three officers were killed and a fourth wounded in a shooting in a town near Saint-Just in the Puy-de-Dôme region of central France.
Initial reports say the incident began late Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday morning.
The officers were reportedly responding to a domestic abuse incident, and were attempting to rescue a woman who had run up to the roof of a house.
At that point, shortly after midnight, a 48-year-old man opened fire on the officers, killing three and wounding one.
During the incident, the gunman set his house on fire.