Knoxville police shoot and kill man at a Fountain City gas station

Knoxville police shot a man after they were called to a disturbance at a gas station on Broadway Street on the city's north side, according to a release from the Knoxville Police Department. The man died from his injuries.

KPD spokesman Scott Erland said officers were called about 5 p.m. for a man causing a disturbance at a gas station across from the Fountain City Duck Pond.

"There was a report about a man inside the store acting erratically and potentially aggressively," Erland told reporters.

Erland said an officer was confronted by the man, who had a knife. The officer shot the man, who was taken to a hospital and died there.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will take over the case, which is the standard practice in police shootings. KPD will conduct its own internal review.

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Knoxville police shoot and kill man at a Fountain City gas station