CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A man was arrested in Portsmouth Thursday morning after a woman was shot and killed and two Chesapeake police officers were shot and injured late Wednesday night while responding to a domestic call at an apartment on Willow Bridge Court, Chesapeake Police said.

Officers were able to enter the apartment and found a woman suffering from injuries consistent with gunshot wounds, police said. She was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.

Wednesday night, officers stated they were seeking Shaun M. Boker, 39, for questioning in connection to the homicide, and considered him armed and dangerous, police said.

Early Thursday morning, Portsmouth Police issued a shelter in place between the 30 and 50 blocks of Cypress Road in connection with the shooting in Chesapeake.

Around 9 a.m., Chesapeake Police stated that Boker was taken into custody following a brief standoff in the 40 block of Cypress Road. Booker has since been charged with the following:

• First degree murder
• Two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer
• Two counts of aggravated malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer
• Three counts of use of a fireaarm in the commission of a felony
• Discharge of a firearm within an occupied dwelling

The Washington Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has been called to assist the Chesapeake Police Department on the incident.

10 On Your Side spoke with Master Police Officer Leo Kosinski after the incident, where he described the scene as the “worst case scenario.”

“This is kinda the worst case scenario,” Kosinski said. “We arrived at a residence, we hear cries for help, trying to get inside to help, and you know, we were met with gunshots. You know, gunshots coming at you. This is kind of the worst case scenario that officers deal with.”

Officers responding to a report of a domestic assault at an apartment in the 500 block of Willow Bridge Court around 10:28 p.m. heard a woman inside the residence screaming for help, according to police, and as officers tried to breach the front door to help the woman, an unknown suspect began shooting at them through the door of the apartment, according to police.

The two officers who were injured have what are believed to be non life-threatening injures, and they were taken to a local hospital, police said. Both officers have since been released from the hospital, according to Kosinski.

Residents in the immediate area received a shelter-in-place order from police Wednesday night as a result of the shooting.

(WAVY photos – Blake Smith)

“It’s kind of scary living around here just knowing that this is going on,” one woman told 10 On Your Side’s Cheyenne Pagan, “’cause I was just going home and all the roads were blocked, just not knowing what’s going on.”

Another woman who lives in the area also described the incident as scary, saying she will keep her eyes open for Boker.

“Definitely really scary because I live around here,” she said. “So, it’s like, I definitely am going to keep my eyes out, but, yeah definitely am a bit worried about that. It’s definitely new in the area.”

A police spokesperson told WAVY’s Markeshia Jackson they are unclear how many people were inside the residence at the time of the shooting. The spokesperson said police were still trying to negotiate to get the woman inside the residence to come out.

The Chesapeake Police SWAT team and negotiators were activated to the scene. Police said this remains an active and ongoing situation as officers work to safely secure the residence and ensure the safety of everyone involved.

Police temporarily closed Greenbrier Parkway between City Park Drive and Kempsville Road and drivers were encouraged to avoid the area and seek alternative routes. As of Thursday morning, the shelter-in-place was lifted.