Overview
- Newly released video shows the man on the U.S. 287 overpass near E. Maddox Avenue cutting his neck with a broken bottle as an officer approached.
- Police say he climbed onto the shoulder and rushed the officer with the bottle raised, prompting three shots.
- Officers and paramedics provided aid, but he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 4:30 p.m.
- The Tarrant County Medical Examiner listed gunshot wounds to the chest as the cause of death.
- The officer, a six-year veteran, is on administrative leave while the Major Case Unit and Internal Affairs conduct the investigation.