Overview
- METRO officers shot a man with a knife outside a bus stop on Park Place Boulevard near Findlay Street in southeast Houston.
- A bus driver saw the knife, refused to let the man board, and alerted METRO’s control center.
- Supervisors and METRO police arrived, and officers fired when the man moved toward them, according to officials.
- He received medical aid at the scene and later died at a hospital, officials said.
- No riders or METRO staff were hurt, and Houston police took over the investigation as METRO called the initial details preliminary and praised the employee who reported the threat.