A man who was armed with an axe was taken to the hospital after being shot by officers, according to Knoxville Police. The circumstances leading up to the shooting are being investigated by the agents with Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at the request of Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen.

Officers were initially responding to reports of a man with an ax. The Knoxville Police Department said shots were fired after officers encountered the man.

An axe-wielding man was shot by Knoxville police and hospitalized; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is probing the incident.

Knoxville Police officers responded to a shooting at a home used as an Airbnb rental just outside of the Belle Morris neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

Knoxville police shot a man today who was armed with an axe, the department said in a news release. Police said they were called to the 2600 block of Fairview Street on the city's northeast side because the man had an axe. "Shots were fired after officers encountered the man," police wrote. The man was taken to the hospital.

A man was shot in the leg during a robbery at a Knoxville Airbnb. He was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries; the suspects fled the scene.

The Knoxville Police Department is investigating after a man said he was robbed and shot in the leg at an AirBnB on 8th Avenue in northeast Knoxville. According to KPD Communications Manager Scott Erland,

A man, who was armed with an ax, was taken to the hospital after being shot by officers, according to Knoxville Police.