FORT MYERS, Fla. - A Fort Myers Police Officer is dead after being shot while trying to break up a fight outside a club in the city's River District.

It happened just after 2:00 Friday morning outside of Club Envie. A police spokeswoman says the officer was trying to break up a fight when a man pulled out a gun and opened fire.

Other officers in the area shot the suspect. Both the officer and the suspect were pronounced dead on the scene.

Neither person has been identified. Fort Myers Police say the officer was in his first year with the department, was about 30 years old and was married with three children.

This is the fifth time a Fort Myers Police Officer has been killed in the line of duty and first since 2003. The only other time an officer was killed by gunfire was back in 1930.

The following roads have been closed as part of the investigation:
-- Broadway & Second
-- Second & Hendry
-- Main & Hendry
-- Main & Broadway

The roads are expected to remain closed for most of the day. Police are asking people to avoid the area if possible.

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