Officer shoots suspect who was threatening sister with gun, Fort Worth police say

UPDATE: Fort Worth police are investigating after they said an officer shot an armed suspect who was involved in a domestic disturbance this afternoon

Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes said this incident began just before 12:30 p.m., when a call came into police from a woman who said her brother was threatening her with a gun at a home on Odessa Avenue.

Responding officers chased after him and said they used "less-lethal" force by using a Taser on him, but it did not stop him.

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