An Ocean Shores police officer shot at, but did not hit, a man who had pulled a gun on the officer Sunday night, according to the department’s public information officer David McManus.

Officer Brian Lisle was by himself when he responded to a home in the 200 block of South Razor Clam Drive at around 8:16 p.m., after the suspect’s mother said her son was sending her “odd text messages that made her concerned for his safety,” Ocean Shores Chief of Police Neccie Logan wrote in a press release.

Lisle then shot at the 45-year-old man he was checking on after the man pulled out his own gun, said McManus. Neither were harmed during the incident.

“He thought he was protecting his own life and thought the man was about to shoot him,” said McManus, confirming that although Lisle missed, he was trying to shoot the man.

The man retreated into the house after the shooting and multiple officers arrived shortly after that. A little more than an hour later he agreed to step outside. McManus added that the man was home alone and yelled at officers arriving to go away and let him go to sleep.

He was then taken into custody and is being held under suspicion of second degree assault.

Officer-involved shootings are extremely rare in Ocean Shores, with McManus saying this is the first in the more than 30 years he’s been there. “Other than putting down deer or something, it’s the first we’ve had.”

Lisle was placed on administrative leave following the incident, which McManus said is standard folowing a situation where an officer fires their weapon.

“That’s standard all throughout the U.S., anytime there’s an officer-involved shooting we put them on administrative leave just to make sure everything is good.”

A more detailed investigation is now being conducted by the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office.

According to a piece by the North Coast News, Lisle has been an officer in Ocean Shores since August 2016 and has served for more than 17 years as an officer in Seattle and Federal Way. He’s also an army veteran.

Logan and McManus worked through most of the night investigating the scene, and weren’t sure when a full report would be released.