A man was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon on an upper level of the Rosslyn Metro station in a confrontation with Arlington police officers who were investigating a report of a man with a knife, the Arlington County Police Department said.

A man was shot by police at the Rosslyn Metro station near the start of the Tuesday evening rush hour. The incident started around 3:45 p.m. when police were dispatched to the Safeway at 1525 Wilson Blvd in Rosslyn for a report of a man who pulled a knife on store employees.

ARLINGTON, Va. - A man shot by Arlington County police at the Rosslyn Metro station has died, officials confirmed Wednesday. The incident unfolded Tuesday evening after police responded to a call about a suspicious person at the Safeway grocery store in the 1500 block of Wilson Boulevard.