A man died at a hospital after he was shot by a police officer Tuesday morning outside a Phoenix restaurant.

Officers from the Desert Horizon Precinct arrived at about 4:05 a.m. Aug. 19 in response to a trespassing call at the restaurant near 20^th and Northern avenues.

Officers learned as they were on their way to the call that the man was cutting himself inside the restaurant with employees and customers inside, according to a Phoenix Police Department release.

They arrived to find the man holding a hatchet outside the restaurant and began giving him commands to put the hatchet down, police said.

“However he began to walk toward officers. One officer used a less-lethal tool with limited effect on the man,” the release stated.

“As the man moved towards officers, the officer-involved shooting occurred. There was one officer involved in firing his weapon.”

The man, who has not been identified, was taken into custody, provided medical aid and taken to a hospital, where he later died, police said.

The Department of Public Safety will be investigating the shooting.

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