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

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

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.

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.

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,