An off-duty New York City police officer was involved in a fatal shooting on Long Island, authorities said Wednesday.

The Nassau County Police Department said a 25-year-old man was shot to death in front of a house in Farmingdale at about 8 p.m. Tuesday. A department spokesman said no further information was available Wednesday afternoon.

New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said his department was notified of the shooting involving one of its officers. �He was an NYPD officer that discharged his firearm,� Shea said at a virtual news briefing. �As a result of that discharge, an individual was struck in the head and killed.�

The names of the officer and the man who was shot were not released.

Shea referred further questions to the Nassau County district attorney�s office, which referred questions to the New York state attorney general�s office. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Letitia James said the office is evaluating whether the shooting falls within its jurisdiction.

(AP)