A man died Sunday night after Dallas police shot him while responding to a call involving a suicidal subject armed with a weapon at an apartment complex on Lemmon Avenue, according to police.
Dallas Police Department officers responded at approximately 7:36 p.m. to the 5100 block of Lemmon Avenue after receiving a call about a male subject who wanted to harm himself with a weapon.
Police said officers knocked on the apartment door, and the suspect answered while holding a box cutter in his right hand before slamming the door in the officers’ faces.
According to DPD, officers then heard the suspect say through the door, “Put away the taser, I don’t want to f*cking stab myself. I want to get shot.”
Police said officers also heard the suspect yell at someone inside the apartment, “This is your fault.”
A short time later, the suspect opened the door again and aggressively charged at officers while reaching for an officer’s gun, police said.
Officers fired their weapons, striking the suspect in the upper torso. Police said officers immediately rendered medical aid before transporting the suspect to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
Police said this incident marks the third officer-involved shooting in Dallas in 2026.
The shooting remains under investigation. Police said additional information will be released in the coming days. The case is documented under case number 018441-2026.
