An Ohio man died following a confrontation with police after he abducted his 7-year-old daughter without custody from a relative’s home, authorities said.

On Monday, November 11, around 3 p.m., Charles Alexander, 43, took the girl to a relative’s house in Empire following an argument and physical altercation, the Associated Press reports.

An Amber Alert was immediately issued, asking the public to be on the lookout for a Ford F-650 U-Haul truck with Arizona license plates after Alexander took the girl without permission . WOIO reports.

About 8 p.m. that evening in Brunswick, police attempted to arrest Alexander, who had led authorities on a multi-department chase, the Medina County Sheriff’s Office said, according to the AP.

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Police deployed enforcement devices that deflated his tires.

Alexander drove from U-Hall with flat tires to the exit of a fast food restaurant, where he spoke by telephone with several dispatch centers before being shot, the sheriff’s office said, reports AP.

He died shortly after, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

The sheriff’s statement did not say whether Alexander was armed or what led the officers to open fire, the AP reports.

The girl was found safe in Medina and returned to her loved ones, the sheriff’s office said.