Long Island police officers fatally shot a man who was pointing a BB gun at them early Wednesday morning, authorities said.

James Rosano , 33, was acting erratically at his mother’s house in Carle Place, Nassau County police detective Stephen Fitzpatrick said at a press conference. His mother dialed 911, and three officers arrived just after midnight.

“Kiss me and say goodbye, I’m going outside, and the police are going to take my life ,” Rosano told his mother before the deadly confrontation, according to police.

Rosano was holding a black BB gun that appeared to officers to be a real shotgun. Nassau County authorities showed a photo of the BB gun at the press conference. All three officers believed the weapon was real until after the shooting.

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