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.

It happened in the 2600 block of Fairview Street just before 1:15 p.m., department officials said. Officers responded to the area, KPD said, after hearing about a man armed with an axe who was reportedly drunk and had smashed the window of a car parked on the road.

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

A man who was armed with an axe was taken to the hospital after being shot by officers, according to Knoxville Police. The department reported at 1:53 p.m. that an

Knoxville police shot a man who was armed with an axe, the department said in a news release. He is in critical condition.

At least one Knoxville Police Department officer shot a man Tuesday, according to the department. It happened on the 2600 block of Fairview Street, department officials said. Officers responded to the area,

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.