LONG ISLAND, New York (WABC) -- A man was fatally shot by officers on Long Island after his mother called police early Wednesday morning.

Police responded to the home on Rushmore Avenue around 12:30 a.m. for a domestic incident.

His mother called the police, reporting her 33-year-old son was "out of control, highly intoxicated and refused to leave."

"Kiss me and say goodbye, I'm going to go outside and the police are going to take my life," James Rosano apparently told his mother before going outside the Carle Place home.

He was described as "very irate" as officers arrived. Authorities say he picked up what appeared to be a shotgun. Officers later discovered it was actually a BB gun.

"They used extreme restraint until the ultimate time when the weapon was discharged and taken his li

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