A woman and two police officers died on Thursday in a stabbing and shooting incident involving a man in possession of a hunting rifle in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The man was holed up in a nearby residence, likely the house of a local assembly speaker, according to police and local officials. Another man was injured but his condition is unknown, because he is still too close to the scene to be rescued. The police received an emergency call at around 4:25 p.m. about a man stabbing a woman in Nakano, northern Nagano Prefecture. Police officers who rushed to the scene were shot. More gun shots were heard later in the day, according to the police. A man living in the neighborhood detailed the harrowing incident that unfolded in front of him, saying he saw a man running after a woman and stabbing her, and later firing a gun at a police car from point-blank range when officers arrived at the scene. The usually peaceful area, which is dotted with homes and rice fields, was disrupted with police sirens blaring and citizens urged to stay in their homes as the man remained on the run.