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Fort Worth Police Release Bodycam and 911 Audio From Fatal U.S. 287 Shooting

The release identifies Jose Juan Lara-Gallegos, preceding internal and major-case reviews.

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.