Death by Cop- 2024
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Michael Bassey
Case # :1056
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
