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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- HPD officials say preliminary information from the scene is that the suspect began shooting at officers, who fired back. The man was hit, and Houston police later confirmed that he died. His identity has not been released while family members are being notified of his death.

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said the man was sitting in his car in the driveway when the officers pulled up in front of the residence in a marked vehicle and he immediately began firing before the officers got out of the car.

"We don't know what's going on in these times. We don't know what's going on in people's heads. We have to pray for everybody involved," Finner said. "Nobody wants to show up at work and get involved in a shooting."

Finner said the investigation is in the early stages. Since the shooting took place in Harris County, the Harris County Sheriff's Office will lead the joint investigation with the Harris County District Attorney's Office. HPD will conduct a standard internal investigation as well.

"Nobody knows what's going on in somebody's head, but I know that somehow the violence, it has to cease," Finner stressed.

The officers were not hurt, Finner said. They will be placed on administrative leave during the investigation. At least one HPD vehicle was hit by gunfire, according to Finner.

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Tulsa, Oklahoma — On 02-04-2022 Officers responded to an Armed Robbery that just occurred at a check cashing business located at Pine and Lewis. Several units converged on the area, including the Air Support Unit. The victim told 911 that the suspect pointed a black .45 pistol at him and demanded money, the victim gave him the cash in his pocket and the suspect took off on a bicycle. The victim described the suspect as a small male, wearing a hoodie and mask. The suspect was later identified as 16-year-old, Isaiah Perez. The victim told 911 that he last saw Perez heading east towards Springdale Elementary.

Within minutes the helicopter was able to find Perez in that area and started to coordinate with patrol officers, a pursuit started and went on for a few blocks into the neighborhood. Perez crashed his bicycle and continued running on foot. Officers continued to pursue, and Perez eventually stopped running. Officers gave several commands to Perez. Perez pulled a gun from his waistband and officers fired their weapons in response to the Perez’s actions striking him. Upon being shot Perez dropped his pistol. Officers moved up to secure Perez and start first aid, Perez succumbed to his injuries. In a statement released the day after the shooting, police said Perez died about 6 a.m. at a hospital. Perez had $22 on him when he was shot, police said.

The Monroe Police Department released the body camera video showing what happened the night officers shot a 35-year-old during a traffic stop.

On Feb. 11, Dustin Booth, 35, was stopped by Monroe police at New Garver Road and Lebanon Street around 10:45 p.m.

What led to the eventually deadly encounter between officers and Booth started more than eight hours earlier in the day.

Police said officers got a call from Booth’s wife around 2 p.m. saying he was experiencing a “mental health crisis” and was “a danger to himself and to others.” Police found Booth pulling into his neighborhood and tried to pull him over.

Booth continued to his home, got out of the car and went inside without complying, according to police.

Officers tried to contact Booth over the next several hours as he remained in the residence. Police say they saw Booth had a gun and that he had access to more weapons.

Police said he was “very agitated.”

Efforts by crisis negotiators and mental health professionals failed to resolve the situation, according to police.

To try and calm the situation, officers said they pulled back “in an effort to calm the situation,” but police kept an eye on the home for the safety of the community.

At some point, Booth left the home and got in the passenger side of a car that left the area.

Several officers followed and coordinated a traffic stop to try and take Booth into custody and have him hospitalized for a mental health evaluation, according to police.

Police said they did not have confirmation he was still armed but believed he might be.

At the intersection of New Garver Road and OH-63, Booth got out and failed to comply with the officers’ orders, instead of walking away from his car toward OH-63 with his hands raised.

The driver of the vehicle ran out of the car and yelled multiple times, imploring officers to “Stop him he has a gun!”

The Phoenix Police Department released a Critical Incident Briefing (CIB) video that includes audio, visuals and information related to an officer-involved shooting (OIS) which occurred on February 7, 2022 in the area 28th Avenue and Coronado Road. This incident occurred around 1 pm, when a witness called 911 to report a woman was bleeding badly after being stabbed multiple times by a man. The man was later identified as 30-year-old Emilio Chamizo. The first responding officer was flagged down by a witness who told the officer where he last saw Chamizo, who was armed with a knife. The officer shared the information over the radio for other responding patrol units. Two additional officers arrived on scene less than a minute later. One of the officers tried to contact Chamizo who was walking away towards an alley. The officer told Chamizo to get down on the ground, but Chamizo ignored the commands. The officer pulled forward in order to catch up to Chamizo as he was walking into the alley. As the officer stopped his patrol car, Chamizo turned around and began walking toward the officer.

Chamizo had a knife in one hand and a pair of scissors in the other. The officer ordered him to drop the knife. Chamizo responded by raising both hands. From the distance of approximately 20 feet, the officer responded by firing his duty weapon, striking Chamizo. The secondary officer was getting out of her patrol vehicle when the officer involved shooting occurred. Chamizo continued to walk towards the secondary officer until he collapsed. After the shooting, Chamizo was still holding the knife and scissors. Officers gave Chamizo commands to throw the knife away. When the officers realized Chamizo was unresponsive, they moved in to provide medical aid until the Phoenix Fire Department arrived. Chamizo was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. The knife and scissors used by Chamizo was recovered on scene. The officer involved in this shooting has been with the department for six and half years and is assigned to the Maryvale/Estrella Mountain Precinct.

Fresno police on Friday released body-worn camera footage of officers killing a man on the lawn of the historic Meux Home. Police responded to the scene after a man who works at the Meux Home, which is on Tulare and R streets, reported an apparent break-in on Jan. 13, the video shows. Two officers arrived — a man and a woman — and found 26-year-old Edgar Mendoza, who they ordered to get on the ground, video shows. Mendoza spoke mostly Spanish to the officers, video shows, but also spoke in English at one point. Video from the female officer’s camera shows Mendoza throw a punch at the male officer.

That officer used a Taser, which brought Mendoza to his knees before he pulled out the Taser’s projectiles, video shows. Mendoza then stood up, picked up a hammer and charged the male officer. The officers fired at least four rounds as Mendoza fell to the ground. The two officers involved have not been identified, but Chief Paco Balderrama previously said they had more than 10 years each with the department.

A knife-wielding has been shot dead by police in a McDonald’s car park in front of horrified customers after holding a female worker hostage.

Queensland Police said the shirtless man arrived at Marsden Park Shopping Centre, south of Brisbane, on Friday afternoon and demanded workers open the cash registers.

However, when they refused the 32-year-old Kedron man threatened staff with a knife and held a female worker at knifepoint.
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Worries witnessed maded multiple calls to police, prompting officers to rush to the scene.

Confronting footage, filmed by onlookers, shows the shirtless man walking towards police as they surround him and yell “drop the knife”.

The shirtless man appears to yell back at police, “F**k off” and “I don’t even have a gun”.

He then moves towards the officers as they direct him to get on the ground.

The officers fired at least three times and the man fell to the ground.

Police continued to point their weapons at the man and directed him to drop the knife.

The man was rushed to Logan Hospital in a critical condition, where he later died.