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.

“The suspect could be heard saying through the door, ‘Put away the Taser, I don’t want to f —— stab myself. I want to get shot,’” said Comeaux. “At the same time, officers could hear the suspect yelling at someone inside the apartment, ‘This is your fault.’”

The chief said that a short time later, the suspect opened the door, “and aggressively charged at officers while reaching for the officer’s gun.”

Comeaux said officers shot at the suspect, striking him in the upper torso. The officers immediately rendered medical aid to the supsect and he was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The chief said this is the third shooting involving a Dallas police officer in 2026.

Officials did say no officers were injured during the incident.

The investigation is ongoing.