A Virginia Beach police officer shot and killed a person Tuesday night. Around 11:05 p.m., officers went to the 4600 block of Virginia Beach Boulevard, near the intersection with Independence Boulevard, for a call about a suspicious person, according to a release. That address is the location of an Exxon gas station.

The male subject was armed with a sharp object when he began advancing on the officer and disregarded commands to stop.

The Long Beach Police Department alerted drivers to avoid Atlantic Avenue between 52nd Street and Market Street after an officer was shot along the roadway. The shooting happened around 5:45 p.m. after officers investigated a report of a suspicious man.