SAULT STE. MARIE, MI -- A Sault Ste. Marie police officer shot and injured a man who was holding a knife to a woman's throat on Wednesday, police say.

The non-fatal shooting is being investigated by Michigan State Police at the Sault Ste. Marie post and a report will be forwarded to Chippewa County prosecutors for review.

State police say officers responded about 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 to a home on Minneapolis Street after someone called 911.

Officers confronted a man who was holding a woman hostage on the front porch, with a knife to her throat.

Police said the man refused officers' commands to drop the knife and continued to threaten the woman.

One of the officers fired a weapon, hit the man and he fell to the ground and released the woman.

UpNorthLive.com is reporting the man's name as Scott Brown, 29, and say he is facing an attempted murder charge.

Both Brown and the victim had injuries not considered life-threatening.

E-mail John Tunison: jtunison@mlive.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/johntunison