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Michael Nunez

Gender : Male

Age : 47

Race : White

Date : 03/28/2023

Location : Unknown

City : DeSoto

County : Dallas

State : Texas

Agency : Grand Prairie Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police after alleged breaking and entering

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

Michael Nunez was a school teacher who had mental health issues for which his family says the system had failed him. On the day of his death, he suddenly walked out of school, sent random illogical text messages to family who feared his mental status was disintegrating. He ended up in a park, knocking over trash cans, behaving erratically and he was booked into jail with a plan that he would be sent to Parkland Psych ER. His family was finally able to get a mental health warrant and planned to have him hospitalized but found out that he had been released from jail, had landed in someone’s yard and was reportedly armed and trying to enter someone’s residence. Police arrived and shot and killed him 30 minutes after his warrant to send him to mental health had been signed. DeSoto police chief Costa said that he had not been a danger to self or others.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-in-desoto-leaves-one-dead