Officers shot a man after he exited an IHOP restaurant with a hatchet in central Phoenix on Aug. 19, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

The shooting was first reported by Phoenix police on social media around 5 a.m., near 19th and Northern avenues.

"There was a call for service for a trespassing at the IHOP behind us," said Sgt. Lorraine Fernandez, a spokesperson for the Phoenix Police Department.

An IHOP employee called police to report a trespassing at 4 a.m., Fernandez said.

While the police were on their way, the call was updated to include that the man was cutting himself inside the restaurant, according to Fernandez.

Police arrived and made contact with the man just outside the IHOP, she said. Police tried to de-escalate the situation, Fernandez said, but the man ignore

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