At least nine officers fatally shoot man walking on Nashville interstate highway

Family in shock' as police department says Landon Eastep was agitated and carrying a box cutter on highway

At least nine law enforcement officers fatally shot a man walking on an interstate highway in Nashville on Thursday, in the latest use of deadly police force in the US that has left the man's family in shock".

The 37-year-old man, named as Landon Eastep, was agitated and carrying a box cutter in his left hand, a Metro Nashville police department spokesman, Don Aaron, said. The agency said Eastep was walking along the highway before he was shot.