Police: Texas Officers Fatally Shoot Man Who Approached With Knife
SAN ANGELO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police in the West Texas fatally shot a man early Sunday after he approached officers with a knife during a domestic violence call, police said.
Around 12:30 a.m., San Angelo officers were dispatched to a home in the city 260 miles southwest of Dallas after getting a call about a man who was punching a woman inside. They arrived to find the woman and 38-year-old Adam Lee Mendez, police spokesman Josh Schultz said in a news release.
Schultz said "an altercation ensued" and Mendez displayed a knife, leading officers to utilize what he described only as "less lethal devices." That failed to stop Mendez and, ignoring the officers commands, he began approaching them, so they shot him, Schultz said.
According to police, officers than began live-saving measures before Mendez was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The officers were not injured and have been placed on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting by the Texas Rangers, Schultz said.
Schultz did not immediately respond to emailed questions on Sunday, including about the heath of the woman and names of the officers involved.
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