Overview
- Officers were dispatched around 7:36 p.m. to an apartment in the 5100 block of Lemmon Avenue after reports of a man threatening to harm himself.
- Police say the man briefly opened the door holding a box cutter, closed it, and was heard stating he wanted to be shot.
- According to Dallas Police, he then reopened the door, rushed the officers, and reached for an officer’s gun before officers fired, striking him in the upper torso.
- Officers provided first aid before he was transported to a hospital, where he later died, and no officers were reported injured.
- Authorities have not released his name or clarified who else was inside the unit, and the department reports this is the city’s third officer-involved shooting of 2026.