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,

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.

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

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,