Overview
- Shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday, an officer on U.S. 287 near E. Maddox Avenue stopped after spotting a man leaning over the overpass with an object in his hand.
- The officer issued commands to get off the bridge, and police say the man began cutting his neck with what appeared to be a broken bottle.
- According to officials, the man then ran toward the officer with the sharp object, the officer fired, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene around 4:28 p.m.
- Fort Worth police reported multiple 911 calls about a male cutting himself with glass, and one caller said he appeared to be trying to jump before running toward the officer.
- All lanes on U.S. 287 and the roadway below were closed for the investigation and later reopened around 7:26 p.m., the deceased has not been identified, and a press conference is planned after further evidence is collected.