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Dallas police: officer fired after man with two knives charged at officers; department to release 911 and body-camera footage
Summary
Deputy Chief William Griffith said officers shot 37-year-old Jake Miller after he charged at them with two knives on July 9 in the 3000 block of Fairview Avenue; Miller later died and the department said it will release 911 audio and body-worn camera footage while investigations continue.
Deputy Chief William Griffith of the Dallas Police Criminal Investigations Group said Monday that officers shot 37-year-old Jake Miller after he charged at them with two knives in the 3000 block of Fairview Avenue on July 9, 2025. Miller was transported to a local hospital by Dallas Fire-Rescue and later died.
Griffith, who opened the briefing by saying, “This is the fourth Dallas police officer involved shooting in 2025,” said multiple 911 callers reported a man acting erratically and cutting himself beginning at about 9:38 a.m. He said officers arrived about 9:55 a.m. and observed Miller in the street holding two knives.
According to Griffith, an officer initially deployed department-issued pepper ball rounds and later two taser cartridges; both measures were ineffective. When Miller charged at officers, Officer Anthony Pargas fired his handgun four times, striking Miller. Officers provided emergency medical treatment at the scene before Miller was taken to a hospital, Griffith said. Two knives were recovered and no officers were reported injured.
“The Dallas Police Department is releasing 9 1 1 audio and body worn camera footage of this incident,” Griffith said, and he added that the Dallas Police Special Investigations Unit is conducting an ongoing investigation. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office was notified, responded, and will conduct its own investigation. The Office of Community Police Oversight has also been briefed.
A 911 caller who spoke to dispatch during the incident said, “there is a man walking this, like, across the street, and he's walking back and forth with a knife in his hand,” and described the man as wearing a gray T-shirt and gray pants and appearing to cut his arm. On-scene audio captured a bystander repeatedly shouting, “Drop the knife.”
The department provided the timeline of use-of-force and said it would release the recordings to be transparent while the internal and outside investigations proceed. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office will review the shooting independently; officials did not provide a timeline for the DA’s review or for public release of the footage.
No charges, findings, or determinations have been announced. The investigations by the Dallas Police Special Investigations Unit and the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office are ongoing.
