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

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

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is in critical condition after a shooting involving Phoenix police on Tuesday morning. A spokesperson with Phoenix Police says officers were responding to a trespassing call at an IHOP restaurant on Northern Avenue. The caller told dispatch that a man was acting erratically and cutting himself.

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

A 6th grader at an exclusive Phoenix private school was allegedly stripped in a bathroom by older students. Parents are questioning the school's response and transparency.

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,

The rabbi of the Sha'arei Shalom Congregation said an antisemitic flyer was posted on the synagogue's door in July.

The Concerned Citizens have called for an investigation into the Phoenix VA Police Department for alleged "deep-seated corruption and abuse of power," citing a culture of "selective discipline, racially and gender-based retaliation,