CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Beeville man died after reportedly attacking Beeville Police Department officers with a knife early Saturday morning. The event is now under investigation by the Texas Rangers.
Beeville Police Chief Kevin Behr spoke with 3NEWS and said police were called to the 900 block of W. Jones Street on Saturday morning because a man was banging on doors and causing a disturbance.
When they arrived at about 6:33 a.m., they were directed to a home where through the living room window, they could see a man with a knife in his hand speaking to a woman.
"They were flagged down and informed a man a was having a mental episode, is the way it was described, and was armed with a knife. He was also inside his residence at 904 West Jones," Behr said.
Behr said the officers gave verbal commands to drop the knife.
"And then the guy really started to become violent," Behr described. "He had a knife in his hand and officers were trying to de-escalate by getting him to come out to them and determine what the problem was."
The man then ran towards the officers, jumped through a window and attempted to attack the officers with the knife still in hand.
Behr said the officers retreated, giving the man verbal directions, but when he didn't stop, they used their tasers on him.
"The officers gave him verbal commands, tased him," he explained. "We did have a successful tase, but there was no effect. He kept charging the officers with the knife in his hand in a very threatening manner."
Once he came within six feet of one officer, the officer fired three shots at the man's chest.
The male was then taken by EMS to Spohn Hospital Beeville where he was was pronounced dead.
Texas Rangers are investigating the incident, per policy, Behr said.
"It's my policy that anytime that an officer is involved in a shooting, that we seek the assistance of an outside agency to remain transparent and also to remain very objective," he explained
The investigation will continue and eventually be presented to a grand jury.
The officer was not injured.
This is a developing story. 3NEWS will provide updates as they become available.
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