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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/26/2023

Location : 900 block of West Jones Street

City : Beeville

County : Bee

State : Texas

Agency : Beeville PD

Officer(s) :Unknown

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/26/2023, at approximately 6:34 a.m., Beeville Police Department officers responded to the 900 block of West Jones Street. When officers arrived, someone at the scene flagged them down and told them that a man at the residence was experiencing a mental health crisis. Two uniformed Beeville officers approached the residence while the man was yelling from inside.
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The officers attempted to communicate with the man and persuade him to come onto the porch. According to the police account released by the City of Beeville, as officers moved closer they saw that the man was holding a knife and ordered him to drop it.
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Police alleged that the man then came through the front window of the residence and moved toward the officers while holding the knife. Both officers retreated and again ordered him to drop the weapon.
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The officer closest to the man deployed a department-issued Taser. Police reported that the Taser had no apparent effect and alleged that the man continued moving toward the officers with the knife.
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According to the police account, when the man came within approximately three to six feet of the lead officer, that officer fired three rounds. The gunfire struck the man in the torso.
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The officers requested emergency medical assistance and began lifesaving measures at the scene. EMS transported the man to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital in Beeville, where he was pronounced dead.
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Beeville Police Chief Kevin Behr requested that the Texas Rangers take over the criminal investigation into the fatal police shooting. Beeville Police Department simultaneously opened a separate internal-affairs investigation. The officer who fired the fatal shots was placed on administrative leave under department policy.
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Beeville Police Department's 2023 annual report subsequently documented this as the department's single fatal police shooting of the year. The report states that six Beeville officers were assaulted during 2023, two assaults involved a deadly weapon, and one resulted in a police shooting that killed the person involved.
OFFICER BACKGROUND:
The Beeville police officer who fired the three shots that killed the man was not identified by name in the public accounts located for this update. The department confirmed that the shooting officer was placed on administrative leave while the Texas Rangers conducted the criminal investigation and Beeville Police conducted its internal review.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/beeville-officer-involved-shooting-leaves-one-man-dead
https://www.beevilletx.gov/departments/PoliceDepartment/PoliceAnnualReports
https://www.beevilletx.gov/media/Departments/Police/Annual%20Reports/Annual%20Report%202023.pdf