Fort Worth police are investigating the fatal officer-involved shooting of an armed man Friday night.
police are investigating the fatal officer-involved shooting of an armed man Friday night.
This started just after 7:15 p.m., when officers were called about a domestic disturbance at a home in the 2900 block of NW 21st Street.Responding officers got the man’s wife to safely leave the home.SWAT and the crisis intervention team were called to assist. The intervention team tried multiple times to get the man to surrender.
Police said the man later came out of the home while armed with a handgun, and "presented a deadly threat towards the officers." That's when officers fired at the man, hitting him. Officers provided medical assistance, but he later died at a hospital. The man’s name has not yet been released.The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office is also investigating.
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