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ST. LOUIS — A man breaking into a historic Masonic Lodge here early Wednesday was fatally shot by an occupant of the building, police said. The shooting occurred shortly before 4 a.m. inside the Tuscan Masonic Lodge at 5015 Westminster Place, police said. The man killed was 37. He was found with a puncture wound on a bathroom floor of the building and pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter, a man in his 40s, told officers he had been woken up by the building's security alarm before he picked up a gun, searched the building and shot the man, police said. Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting. Police ask anyone with information about the incident to call detectives at 314-44-5371. Calls to CrimeStoppers at 866-371-8477 may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward. The Lodge, at the corner of Westminster and Kingshighway in St. Louis' Central West End neighborhood, is a historic two-story building used by the Freemasons’ Tuscan Lodge No. 360, a local chapter of the Freemasons fraternal organization.