State Police are investigating after Willimantic police officers shot and killed a man who was wielding a hatchet.
Police responded to an apartment building at Main and Clark streets just before 8 p.m. when someone reported that a man was acting in a threatening manner outside the building, according to state police.
There was some sort of confrontation between the officers and the man, according to state police. Police told the man to put down the hatchet, but he did not.
One Willimantic officer used a stun gun and the other shot his service weapon, according to state police.
Emergency crews brought the man to Windham Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Major Crimes Squad was been called in and an investigation will be conducted to determine whether the shooting was justified.
The two officers involved in the incident have been placed on administrative duty.
The name of the person who was shot has not been released.