A man is dead after an officer shot him as he was walking on President George Bush Turnpike in Irving with a knife in his hand, officials said.
The shooting occurred at about 11 a.m. on Wednesday in the area of the tollway and Las Colinas Boulevard after the suspect drove at a high rate of speed through a barricade set up near a crash, Irving police Chief Derick Miller said during a news conference.
After going through the barricade, the driver got out of the vehicle with a knife in his hand and began walking on the shoulder of the road, Miller said.
He said two officers who were at the location because of the crash followed the man and attempted to de-escalate the situation, telling the man to drop the knife.
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The man then turned and walked towards the officers as they continued asking him to put the knife down. Miller said, at that point, one officer fired multiple shots with his service weapon, striking the man.
The man was then taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries. His identity has not yet been released.
No officers were injured.
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The officer involved is a 15-year veteran with a "stellar background," Miller said, and is "extremely shaken up."
Motorists were asked to avoid the area because all southbound lanes of the tollway were shut down.
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