New York City police say they’ve shot and killed a suspect during a gun battle.

Police say the shooting occurred at about 3:50 p.m. Thursday in the East New York section of Brooklyn after plainclothes officers spotted a man with a gun.

Police say the gunman shot at the officers, who were in a vehicle. The officers pursued the man behind a building where they exchanged gunfire with him.

Police say the man was struck and ran into the building where he was found dead with a silver revolver at his side.

The officers weren’t wounded.

(AP)