Police officers fatally shot a 79-year-old man Tuesday evening after he pointed a firearm at an officer outside an NYPD precinct in Queens, authorities said.

The unidentified man exited a vehicle near the 111th Precinct station house in Bayside around 6:40 p.m. and approached the front of the building, NYPD Chief of Patrol Philip Rivera said at a news conference. A uniformed officer stationed at the precinct engaged him in conversation before the man suddenly displayed a firearm and aimed it at the officer.

The officer ordered him to drop the weapon and called for backup, Rivera said.

“Additional officers approached and gave additional verbal commands to drop the firearm, but he did not comply,” Rivera said. “After the de-escalation techniques were unsuccessful, four officers discharged their firearms.”

The man was struck multiple times, Rivera said. Officers recovered a firearm at the scene and attempted CPR before EMS transported him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police have not released his identity.

The officers involved were taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

The incident was captured on both body-worn cameras and precinct security footage, which is being reviewed by the NYPD Force Investigation Division, officials said.

Rivera said it remains unclear why the man approached the precinct with a gun.

It was the second police-involved shooting in New York City on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, an NYPD detective was shot during a standoff with a barricaded man inside a Lower East Side apartment.