Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Kenneth Brandon MacArthur Woods
Age : 36
Gender : Male
Race : Black
Date : 07/24/2024
Location : 5600 block of Bellaire Drive
City : Fort Worth - Benbrook
County : Tarrant
State : Texas
Agency : Fort Worth Police Department
Officer(s) :Not disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 07/24/2024, Fort Worth Police Department officers responded to a welfare check at an apartment in the 5600 block of Bellaire Drive South in Benbrook after receiving a report that 36-year-old Kenneth Brandon MacArthur Woods was experiencing a mental health crisis, was armed with a handgun, and was preventing his mother and several children from leaving the apartment.
According to investigators, officers heard multiple gunshots from inside the apartment. Woods then exited by jumping from a second-story window while still armed with a handgun. Police stated that officers repeatedly ordered him to drop the weapon, but he did not comply. Multiple officers fired their weapons, striking Woods.
Woods was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Texas Rangers investigated the shooting. Following the incident, Woods' family and their attorneys publicly disputed the police account, called for the release of body-worn camera footage, and requested that the identities of the officers involved be made public. As of the latest publicly available information, the officers have not been identified, and no public findings or prosecutorial determination regarding the shooting have been announced.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/man-shot-during-confrontation-with-officers-in-benbrook/
