Reported knife threat leads to deadly shooting response by Dallas police, officials say

Dallas police are investigating a fatal confrontation Sunday night on Lemmon Avenue after officers responding to a reported knife threat shot and killed the suspect, the department said.

Officers were called to the 5100 block of Lemmon Avenue, near the Mahanna Street intersection, after a suspect armed with a knife, threatening to harm others, was reported.

Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said when officers knocked on the front door of the apartment, the suspect answered the door with a box cutter in his hand and slammed the door in the officers’ faces…

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