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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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,

Police are investigating after a man with multiple gunshot wounds was dropped off at a Knoxville hospital on Sunday.