A New York state trooper on Friday shot and wounded a man who authorities say threatened officers with a butcher�s knife as they tried to arrest him in Rochester for allegedly violating his parole.

The man was reported in guarded condition at a local hospital. His name was not immediately released. No officers were injured.

Police officials said during a news conference that a fugitive task force that includes U.S. marshals, state police, Rochester police and the Monroe County Sheriff�s Office were trying to arrest the man on allegations he had �skipped� parole in a burglary case.

When they first saw the man, officers tried to shoot him with a stun gun, but they were unsuccessful and the man entered a home, police said. He then held a female resident against her will and held the knife against her back, authorities said.

The man then went into the basement, where a state trooper shot him once in his upper body when he moved toward officers with the knife and ignored orders to drop it, state police said. The trooper�s name has not been disclosed.

�Our officer felt he was threatened, and he used deadly physical force,� state police Maj. Barry Chase said.

State police are investigating the shooting.

(AP)