On December 13, 2017, at approximately 1:08 a.m., officers with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Hamilton Police Department responded to a residence located on Reese Road, Hamilton, Alabama, after Marion County Dispatch received a request from an individual to perform a welfare check on an individual possibly in distress at the residence. At some point, after the officers arrived at the residence a confrontation with an armed subject occurred causing one of the officers to discharge his firearm. The armed subject received a fatal injury and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Marion County Coroner. The State Bureau of Investigation responded to the residence and their Agents are currently investigating the incident.  As the incident is currently under investigation no other information is available at this time.