A 60-year-old mentally ill man shot two police officers and killed himself in the Turkish city of Atay.

Yusuf Gezer got angry at noisy games of local kids and shot into the air. Neighbors tried to calm the man, but Gezer fired at them. The two were seriously wounded, Milliyet newspaper reports.

Police officers tried to persuade the Gezer lay down the gun. However, the man opened fire at them and committed a suicide.