Dallas police fatally shoot man during response to self-harm call in Oak Lawn

Dallas police shot and killed a man Sunday night after responding to a report of someone threatening self-harm at an apartment complex in the Oak Lawn neighborhood.

The incident happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 5100 block of Lemmon Avenue. According to Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux, officers were dispatched to the scene for a welfare check involving a man who was reported to be threatening to harm himself.

Police said officers knocked on the apartment door and the man opened it while holding a box cutter. Investigators said the man appeared agitated and was yelling toward someone inside the apartment…

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