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The man in his 40s tried to fire his gun but failed and then pulled out a knife at around 9:30 a.m., said a Metro Nashville Police spokesperson.
A man armed with a pistol and knife was fatally shot by a security officer Thursday just inside the busy entrance of a federal courthouse in Tennessee's largest city, authorities said.
A man is dead after police say he brought a gun and a knife into the federal courthouse in downtown Nashville.