An Ohio police officer has died after a shooting standoff with a suspect, the Toledo Police Department said Monday.

Chief George Kral identified the officer as 24-year-old Brandon Stalker. According to Kral, Stalker was hit once by the suspect, who brandished two firearms while leaving a house in which he had been barricaded.

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"This is a very dark and horrific day for the city of Toledo," Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said at the press conference. Read more at FOX News