A gunman killed a man then was fatally shot by police during a confrontation outside a lounge in Manhattan�s East Village early Thursday, authorities said.

Two uniformed officers were on patrol in Tompkins Square Park at around 3:30 a.m. when they heard gunshots and saw one man shooting at another, police officials said at a news conference.

The officers gave numerous commands for the shooter to get onto the ground, Chief of Department Terence Monahan said.

�He refused. He kept on walking,� Monahan said. Officers then fired three times, fatally wounding the gunman.

Investigators said the two men had been involved in a dispute that started inside the lounge.

Police found two .22-caliber handguns at the scene of the shooting, one of them beneath the man shot by officers.

(AP)