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Dallas police: officers fatally shoot man armed with knife after SWAT breach at Fair Hills Lane home
Summary
Deputy Chief William Griffith said officers shot and killed 46-year-old Martin Benes after a SWAT entry to a Fair Hills Lane residence; police released 911 audio and body-worn camera footage and said the Dallas County District Attorney will review the case.
Deputy Chief William Griffith of the Dallas Police Criminal Investigations Group said officers fatally shot a man who was armed with a knife at a home in the 13800 block of Fair Hills Lane. Griffith identified the man as 46-year-old Martin Benes and said officers attempted nonlethal measures, including tasers, before firing their duty weapons after the subject charged at them.
Griffith told reporters that a 911 call about the incident came at about 7:35 p.m. and that patrol officers were dispatched shortly afterward. He said officers met a witness at the door, and that the subject emerged from a bedroom toward officers and the witness while brandishing a knife. "They gave loud verbal commands to drop the knife," Griffith said; the subject retreated inside and…
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