Death by Cop- 2024

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Michael Bassey

Gender : Male

Age : 31

Race : Black

Date : 04/25/2024

Location : 2700 block of Lawrence Road

City : Arlington

County : Tarrant

State : Texas

Agency : Arlington Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during call for a possible stabbing

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Arlington PD received a call about a stabbing in which Michael Bassey identified himself as "Michelangelo" and said he had stabbed someone named Michael because Michael talked too much. Police arrived and saw Bassey with a knife running from an apartment, shot and tased him several times and found him to be dead from an abdominal gunshot wound when they handcuffed him. There had been no stabbing victim and the man apparently was suffering a mental health episode and made various nonsensical statements including about a stabbing which had not happened.

 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/arlington-police-investigating-shooting-involving-officer/3525060/

https://www.aol.com/watch-arlington-man-killed-police-200515297.html