HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An armed man is dead after he was shot by police in southwest Houston on Wednesday, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
The Houston Police Department said officers responded to an apartment complex on West Bellfort Avenue at about 11:18 a.m. after getting reports of a man who was “displaying a knife in a threatening manner.”<\/p>\n
Adrian Rodriguez with HPD said the call was made from the front lobby of the complex, reporting that the man was in the parking lot “making a jabbing motion in the air with a butcher knife.”<\/p>\n
That’s when officers were directed to an upstairs apartment where the suspect was, and saw people come out of that unit.<\/p>\n
“As they made the approach to the scene upstairs, the suspect abruptly came out with a large butcher knife — coming out of the complex towards the officers, and the officers discharged multiple rounds to the suspect,” Rodriguez said, adding that the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
According to Rodriguez, three officers discharged their weapons and, as customary, will be placed on a three-day administrative leave.<\/p>\n
Police said no one else was hurt in the incident.<\/p>\n
“Very difficult situation,” Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n
According to police, the suspect, who has not yet been identified, was 49 years old.<\/p>\n
It’s unclear if the suspect lived at the complex.<\/p>\n
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