(WBAP/KLIF) FORT WORTH – UPDATE: Fort Worth Police held a press conference Thursday afternoon to show body cam video of an officer involved shooting Wednesday night on Boca Raton Boulevard in East Fort Worth.
Interim Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus says police were trying to locate 18-year-old Amari Malone, a person of interest in a murder investigation that happened August 5th. Kraus said when they found him, he ran away and had a gun. “As he fled Malone turned back at the officers and pointed his gun directly at them, the officers defended themselves by discharging their firearms,” he said.
Kraus said he saw on social media, claiming Fort Worth Officers shot Malone in the back while he was unarmed. He says the video shows the Malone did have a gun and was pointing it at officers.
“Malone was hit once and later succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital,” he said. The four officers involved had been with the department for 17 years, 9 years, 6 years and 3 years. “They are currently on paid administrative leave which is standard practice,” Kraus said.
Video is available here:
Original story: A person is dead following a shooting involving Fort Worth police Wednesday night in the 5800 block of Boca Raton Boulevard in east Fort Worth near I-30 and 820, at 5:45, police said. According to police, no officers were hurt.
Around 5:45 p.m., a Fort Worth police officer spotted the person, a possible suspect in a recent homicide, police said. The person pulled a gun and then ran from police. Then that person “turned and displayed the gun at the officers,” police said.
An officer fired and hit the person, police said. The person later died after being transported to a local hospital, police said.
This is a devolving story, check back for updates.
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