TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Officials have identified a man who was shot dead Tuesday by Hillsborough County deputies after he was threatening a church.

Anthony Ray Gamez, 40, was banging on the windows of Divine Mercy Prayer House in Plant City and threatening the people inside, deputies said.

The people living inside the church told the sheriff they didn’t know the suspect.

When deputies arrived, the suspect was on the opposite side of a 6-foot iron gate, allegedly holding a “sharp object,” which was later identified as a railroad spike.

The suspect kicked the gate open and moved toward police, “mimicking a gorilla,” as Sheriff Chad Chronister described it. He said de-escalation tactics and less-lethal options, a bolawrap and a taser, did not affect the suspect.

“At some point, he ends up closing that distance … Deputies had nowhere to retreat,” Chronister said.

Two deputies fired shots at the suspect and began performing CPR after he fell to the ground. He died on South Frontage Road.