A West Sacramento police officer shot and killed a dog that attacked him while the officer was responding to an incident, authorities said Wednesday.

Two people died Wednesday morning after a murder-suicide, the West Sacramento Police Department said. Police at 9:29 a.m. first reported that its officers were out investigating at F Street and Jefferson Boulevard but did not release details as to what the investigation was about.

West Sacramento police were investigating the deadly Wednesday morning shooting in the 900 block of F Street, department officials said in a brief statement posted to social media. Officers responded to calls of shots fired to find the two dead.