Phoenix police were involved in a deadly shooting around 4 a.m. Tuesday morning near 19th and Northern avenues.

Phoenix police said a man ignored repeated commands and came at them with a hatchet before they shot and killed him on Tuesday morning outside an IHOP. This marks the Phoenix Police Department’s sixth officer-involved shooting this year,

A police officer shot and killed a man who was carrying a hatchet outside a Phoenix IHOP restaurant on Tuesday morning.

The shooting happened after police responded to a report of trespassing at the restaurant early Aug. 19, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man has died after a shooting involving Phoenix police on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson with Phoenix Police says officers responded to a trespassing call at an IHOP at 19th and Northern avenues around 4:15 a.m. While they were still on the way, police were notified that a man was inside the restaurant cutting himself.

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