An armed man was fatally shot by Grand Prairie police officers, the police department said.
About 11:23 p.m., officers responded to a report about a man who was said to be “confronting a neighbor in a threatening manner,” in the 800 block of Cambridge Place, near South Carrier Parkway. Police said the man was reported to be possibly intoxicated.
When the officers arrived, they tried to contact the man at a neighboring home, knocked on the door and announced their presence when they heard a gunshot from inside, police said.The officers retreated from the entryway, and the man exited the home with a handgun, pointing it at one of the officers, according to police.Police did not say how many times the man was struck, and said Grand Prairie Fire Department personnel responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.
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