Florida ? Police officers shot and killed a man and the woman he was holding hostage early Friday after he fired a sawed-off shotgun at them, police said.

Tampa police Chief Stephen Hogue said the officers had been forced to return fire to defend themselves.

Officers saw the armed man and the hostage inside a room at the Luxury Motel, police spokesman Laura McElroy said. They heard two gunshots, and minutes later, the man came out of the room with the woman.

“He has the woman in a headlock with the gun pointed at her head,” McElroy said. “He spots an officer to his right, levels the shotgun at the officer and fires at the officer.”

Officers shot at Gary T. Brewer, killing him and wounding 33-year-old Tracy Mary Wood, McElroy said. Wood died at a hospital hours later.