Police shot the man at a house on Remington Lane in Pinehurst, just a two miles from the iconic Pinehurst No. 2 golf course.

Pinehurst police shot and killed a man with an axe during a house fire scene on Wednesday, according to officials.

Jlitakryan told the court the man then prevented him from leaving and threatened him with an axe, saying "no one would believe" him. He added: "The man had an axe in his hand, I had no choice but ...

Jlitakryan told the court the man then prevented him from leaving and threatened him with an axe, saying "no one would believe" him. He continued: "The man had an axe in his hand, I had no choice ...