TAMPA, Fla. —  A Hillsborough County deputy shot and killed a man overnight after the man threatened to kill his neighbor and later held a woman at knife-point.

According to investigators, deputies responded at 9 p.m. Thursday to a home on Camden Street to calls of a dispute between neighbors.

When deputies arrived, they made contact with Jason Douglas Paul, 47, who made the 911 call. Paul was acting erratically and threatening to kill his neighbor. 

As deputies tried to de-escalate the situation, Paul continued making threats to kill his neighbor and, deputies decided to Baker Act him.

He then entered his home and refused to come out. 

Through a window, deputies saw the suspect holding a knife and started to hear an adult female screaming. At this time, Paul took the female at knifepoint into a back bedroom. Fearing for her safety, deputies quickly broke through a window and entered the home. 

Deputies went to the back bedroom and ordered Paul to put the knife down multiple times. Paul refused to drop the knife, and Deputy John Howes, 30, discharged his firearm and struck Paul, officials said.

Deputies rendered aid to Paul until EMS arrived and transported him to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

There were no other injuries.

"Our deputies sprang to action when confronted with a situation where someone's life was in immediate danger," said Sheriff Chad Chronister. "Our deputies are trained to protect innocent lives, and that's what they did."