(AP) — Kansas City, Kan., police have identified a man fatally shot by officers early Saturday as 22-year-old Nicholas Simonitch of Kansas City, Kan.

Police say Simonitch was wielding a baseball bat when officers were called around 7:20 a.m. Saturday to a reported disturbance.

Simonitch was shot after police say he lunged at them with the weapon.

He died at the scene. The Police Department’s major case squad is investigating.