LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man “severely” beat his wife for two days before calling a suicide hotline, eventually leading to a police shooting that resulted in his death, police said at a Tuesday briefing.

Around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a report of an armed suicidal man in the 6100 block of Allen Cove Court near Patrick Lane and Durango Drive.

According to Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren, the call for service came from the suicide hotline. The suicide hotline operator told police Robert Fanello, 68, called the hotline and said he loaded a gun and was threatening to shoot himself.

Fanello also told the operator that he had been “severely” beating his wife for two days and had not slept, Koren said during a media briefing on Tuesday.

Koren said the call was classified as a “star de-escalation protocol,” and the LVMPD sent one sergeant and three officers to respond.

The suicide hotline operator told the LVMPD that Fanello was inside the garage of his home with his wife and was not willing to put his gun down.

While on the scene, officers heard a gunshot coming from the residence. Fanello told the suicide hotline operator that he fired the gun because he was “impatient with how long it took officers to arrive.”

Officers, including 27-year-old Larry Jones, positioned themselves on the second floor of a home across the street and saw Fenillo in the street in front of his home and confirmed that he did have a firearm.

The sergeant on the scene began to plan an action team with less lethal options and de-escalation tactics in an attempt to make contact with Fanello. The officers asked him to put down his gun, and he refused.

Officer Jones saw Fanello “quickly raise his firearm,” posing a threat to the officers speaking with him. At that point, Jones fired one round, hitting Fanello.

Police approached Fanello, took him into custody, and called medical personnel. Medical personnel took Fanello to a local hospital, where staff pronounced him dead.

If Fanello survived the incident, he would have faced the following charges:

• domestic violence battery with substantial bodily harm, victim over 60
• three counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer
• discharging a firearm where a person may be in danger

“These events are always tragic,” Koren said in the briefing. “In particular, in this case, the suspect had severely beaten his wife for two days before we were even aware of the situation.

“It’s just a harsh reminder of the dangers of domestic violence, which is the leading cause of murders in our valley,” Koren added.

Fenillo’s wife was still in the hospital at the time of the briefing with “serious” injuries, according to Koren.

This incident was the 2nd officer-involved shooting this year and the second fatal.