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A man who held a woman and two children hostage in Highland on Wednesday was fatally shot by deputies.

The man, whose name has not been released pending notification of next of kin, was killed in a standoff with deputies in the 7000 block of Osbun Road, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said.

Deputies found the woman inside the home with a gunshot wound and she was airlifted to a hospital, where she died from her injuries.

Authorities received a 911 call about 1:15 p.m. from a man who said that his wife had called and told him that a cousin was inside their home threatening to shoot her and their two children.

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