Anti-terror police have shot and killed a man who was under surveillance in a car park in Boston.
Police say he attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent.
The shooting took place early on Tuesday morning outside a CVS pharmacy in the residential Roslindale neighbourhood of Boston.
Officials have not yet released the man's identity or the reason he was under surveillance.
"Our officers tried their best to get him to put down the knife,'' Boston Police Commissioner William B Evans told the Boston Globe newspaper.
"Unfortunately, they had to take a life.''
Officials say the man refused multiple orders to drop his weapon before charging at the officers.
At a rainy press conference near the crime scene, Commissioner Evans described the man as in "mid 20s", travelling on foot, and carrying a black "military-style knife".
Some US media have reported the weapon as a machete.
The suspect was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The two officers are in hospital to be examined for stress, but did not suffer physical injuries, police said.
Police say he attacked officers with a large knife after being approached by a Boston police officer and an FBI agent.
The shooting took place early on Tuesday morning outside a CVS pharmacy in the residential Roslindale neighbourhood of Boston.
Officials have not yet released the man's identity or the reason he was under surveillance.
"Our officers tried their best to get him to put down the knife,'' Boston Police Commissioner William B Evans told the Boston Globe newspaper.
"Unfortunately, they had to take a life.''
Officials say the man refused multiple orders to drop his weapon before charging at the officers.
At a rainy press conference near the crime scene, Commissioner Evans described the man as in "mid 20s", travelling on foot, and carrying a black "military-style knife".
Some US media have reported the weapon as a machete.
The suspect was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The two officers are in hospital to be examined for stress, but did not suffer physical injuries, police said.
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