One person has died following a shooting in Ashland early Saturday morning.

Ashland police officers responded to a report of a burglary in progress around 1:05 a.m. on the 3400 block of Douglas St., according to a release from Chief Todd Kelley. The person living there told dispatchers that someone was breaking into the home through a front window, that’s when they got out a handgun and shot the suspect.

When officers arrived on the scene, they found a male suffering from a gunshot wound, Kelley said. First responders attempted to save his life, but he died at the scene.

The Ashland Police Department is investigating the incident at this time.