TARBORO, N.C. – A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Tarboro Tuesday evening.

• Police shot a man during a burglary call.
• It happened Tuesday evening at a home on North Main Street.
• Tarboro police are asking the SBI to investigate.

It happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 3500 block of North Main Street.

Tarboro Police Chief Jesse Webb said officers were responding to a residential burglary call when they spotted a man near the back door of the home.

An officer fired his gun and hit the man, who died a short time later.

The SBI is now investigating, which is standard procedure.

There's no word yet on the name of the suspect or the officers involved in the shooting.