A Columbus man is being accused of calling in a fake report of a shooting at a gas station and then fighting with police.

Just before 1  a.m. Sunday morning, dispatchers received a call reporting several people were shot at a gas station on Central Avenue. Officers didn’t see anything amiss and when they entered the store they found 26-year-old Joshua B. Stam holding a phone, says Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus police.

When officers asked about the phone call, he allegedly pulled his hand from his pocket and a large hunting knife fell out. Officers attempted to detain Stam, Harris says, but the man struggled, including saying they were fake police, pulling off an officer’s radio and body cam, hitting an officer in the head and attempting to bite the police.

Officer, subdued Stam with a Taser. He was taken to the hospital to be checked out and then arrested on charges including false reporting, resisting law enforcement, battery on a law enforcement officer, public intoxication and possession of a legend drug injection device.