ANCHORAGE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A SWAT standoff Tuesday morning inside an Anchorage home ended with a man shot by a St. Matthews Police officer. 

St. Matthews Police Chief Barry Wilkerson said the man, who had a warrant for his arrest pertaining to felony charges in Boone County, Kentucky, was inside the home on Bellewood Road for several hours as negotiators worked to bring him outside. Wilkerson said a woman showed up at the Anchorage Police Department around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday with "serious" wounds she said came from a domestic violence situation. 

Anchorage police officers responded to the home, a wooded residential area between Park Road and Shelbyville Road.

"They tried to make contact," Wilkerson said. "he came to the door but then barricaded himself inside. They tried to negotiate for several hours. That failed."

After enough time passed, backup came from from St. Matthews Police, Middletown Police and Louisville Metro Police.

"During negotiations, this individual approached officers in a threatening manner with a deadly weapon," Wilkerson said. "Our officer discharged his firearm, stopping the suspect."

An arrest report identifies the suspect as 58-year-old Bernard Higgins. Wilkerson said Higgins lives at the home. 

The arrest report states that Higgins tried to stab members of the St. Matthews SWAT team, and "an appropriate response to resistance was initiated."

After Higgins was shot, Wilkerson said officers on scene "rendered first aid immediately" before Higgins was taken to UofL Hospital. Wilkerson didn't answer many questions from reporters on scene, particularly pertaining to whether the suspect fired at officers first, citing the Louisville Metro Police Public Integrity Unit investigation. 

"We want to be totally transparent in what we do," Wilkerson said. "It doesn't look good that you're investigating yourself. So we want an outside agency who has the experience to do that."

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