A man died Monday morning after stabbing himself during a tense confrontation with Fort Worth police at a business in the 2500 block of NE 36th Street. Officers said the man had arrived at the location in a vehicle with two flat tires, left the car with his dog, and wandered around the property before the encounter turned deadly.
According to the Fort Worth Police Department, the man did not work at the business where the disturbance unfolded. As reported by the Star-Telegram, officers arrived at about 7:25 a.m. to find the man yelling obscenities and displaying a knife.
Police said officers issued verbal orders before one of them deployed a Taser. The man then stabbed himself with the knife after being shocked, per the department’s account relayed to the Star-Telegram. Officers attempted to provide medical aid, but the man died at the scene.
Identity Still Withheld as Detectives Investigate
The man’s name and age had not been released by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office, the same report notes. Major case unit detectives responded to the scene, which the Star-Telegram’s account describes as standard protocol for the department when a death occurs during a police encounter…