Police say a man is dead after he approached an officer with an axe in Johnson City. According to TBI, on Monday night officers with the Johnson City Police Department responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in the 1700 block of E. Unaka Avenue. When they got there officers were met by a man with an axe. According to police reports the man with the axe moved toward at least one officer wielding the weapon, resulting in the officer firing shots, striking the man who died at a local hospital.