Police in Austin, Texas, say a man seen pouring lighter fluid around a convenience store and then making a homemade bomb during an hourslong standoff was fatally shot by an officer. Interim Police Chief Robin Henderson says the man was armed and had entered the store Tuesday afternoon after police saw him driving a reportedly stolen vehicle.
AUSTIN, Texas — A man seen pouring lighter fluid around an Austin , Texas , convenience store and then making a homemade bomb during an hourslong standoff was fatally shot by an officer, according to police.
Officers went into the store, but backed out after the man refused to obey their order to drop the gun and leave, Henderson said. An employee who had fled told them another employee was inside a locked office in the store. Shortly before 5 p.m., Henderson said, police saw the man making a homemade bomb, commonly known as a Molotov cocktail.
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