警方称，该男子试图开枪但未成功，随后又持刀行凶，最终在弗雷德·D·汤普森美国法院大楼和联邦大楼内被击毙。
The man tried unsuccessfully to fire a gun, then wielded a knife before he was shot inside the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, the police said.
当局称，周四上午，一名携带枪支的男子在纳什维尔联邦法院大楼的入口检查站被一名保安开枪击毙。
A security guard shot and killed a man who was armed with a gun at an entry checkpoint in the federal courthouse building in Nashville on Thursday morning, the authorities said.
据纳什维尔都会区警方发言人唐·亚伦在现场对记者透露，这名40多岁的男子在当地时间上午9点30分左右试图进入弗雷德·D·汤普森美国法院大楼和联邦大楼的正门，并试图开枪，“但枪并未发射”。
The man, who was in his 40s, tried to enter the front door of the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building around 9:30 a.m. local time and tried to fire his gun, “but it did not fire,” Don Aaron, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Nashville Police, told reporters at the scene.
亚伦先生表示，该男子随后在检查站“转而使用刀具”，引发了与保安的冲突，保安随即开枪将其击毙。
The man then “transitioned to a knife” at the checkpoint, Mr. Aaron said, which led to a confrontation with a security guard who then shot the man.
亚伦先生称，该男子来自外州，姓名尚未公布，伤势严重，被送往范德比尔特大学医疗中心，但随后死亡。
The man, who was from out of state and whose name was not released, was critically wounded and taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died, Mr. Aaron said.
目前尚不清楚该男子为何出现在法院大楼。田纳西州中区美国检察官第一助理罗布·麦圭尔在接受采访时表示，法院记录中并未显示该男子是被告或原告。
It was not clear why the man was at the courthouse. Rob McGuire, first assistant U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, said in an interview that the man was not listed as a defendant or plaintiff in court records.
亚伦先生表示，当局搜查了停在大楼外的该男子车辆，“车内未发现任何具有威胁性的物品”。田纳西州调查局的一名女发言人表示，该部门正在协助调查。
The authorities searched the man’s vehicle, which was parked outside the building, and “found nothing threatening inside the car,” Mr. Aaron said. A spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that the department was assisting in the investigation.
麦圭尔先生称，联邦调查局、美国法警局以及纳什维尔警方等其他机构也参与了此次调查。
Other agencies including the F.B.I., the U.S. Marshals Service and the Nashville police were also assisting with the investigation, Mr. McGuire said.
当地电视台显示，法院大楼附近有大量警察驻守。亚伦先生表示，附近的纳什维尔公共图书馆“出于谨慎考虑”已被疏散。麦奎尔先生称，该建筑的正门于周四关闭，大多数员工在枪击事件期间就地避难。枪击事件发生在法院大楼人流量较大的时段。检察官、法官以及麦奎尔先生的部分工作人员都在该建筑内办公，田纳西州的参议员玛莎·布莱克本和比尔·哈格蒂的办公室也设于此地。
Local TV outlets showed a large police presence near the courthouse. Mr. Aaron said the nearby Nashville Public Library had been evacuated “out of an abundance of caution.”Mr. McGuire said that the front entrance to the building was closed on Thursday and that most employees sheltered in place during the shooting, which took place during a busy time at the courthouse. Prosecutors, judges and members of Mr. McGuire’s staff work in the building, which also has offices for Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty of Tennessee.
“我们庆幸情况没有变得更糟，”麦奎尔先生说，并指出这是该法院大楼自2022年启用以来首次发生此类事件。
“We are thankful it was not worse,” Mr. McGuire said, noting that this was the first time this type of episode happened at the courthouse, which opened in 2022.