Dallas police say two officers shot a man who charged with a knife; department will release 911 and bodycam footage

A Dallas Police Department official said SWAT officers shot and fatally wounded a 46-year-old man at a home in the 13800 block of Far Hill Lane after the man charged at officers while holding a knife.

The department said the incident began after a 911 call and a text to 911 reported the subject, later identified as Martin Benes, was drinking, armed and making threats inside the residence. Officials said Benes had cut off an ankle monitor earlier in the evening, triggering a warrant for insufficient bond related to an aggravated-assault-with-a-deadly-weapon charge.

The department said patrol officers first arrived at about 7:44 p.m. After speaking with a witness at the door, officers retreated to the front yard and issued loud commands for the subject to drop the knife; Benes returned inside and closed the door. Police asked a Right/Rite Care unit — described in the briefing as including police officers, a mental-health clinician and paramedics — to assist and sought verification of the warrant; SWAT arrived later that night.

Chief (unnamed) said SWAT breached the home at roughly 1:24 a.m. Officers found Benes lying in bed still holding a knife. According to the department, officers deployed a taser that did not incapacitate him; Benes stood, charged toward officers holding the knife, and remained armed after a second taser was used. Senior Corporal Samuel McDonough and Senior Corporal Christopher Nielsen then fired their duty weapons, striking Benes. A SWAT medic rendered aid, and Benes was pronounced dead at the scene. No officers were reported injured.

The department said the Dallas Police Special Investigation Unit is conducting the investigation and that the Dallas County District Attorney's Office has been notified and will perform a separate inquiry. The department also notified its community police oversight body.

The briefing played recorded 911 audio in which a caller told the dispatcher, "He's yelling 'the devil call, kill every everybody'" and described the subject as "very dangerous." On-scene audio captured repeated commands to "drop the knife." The department released a statement at the briefing that it will make the 911 audio, text-to-911 and body-worn camera footage available to the public.

The department provided these details at a press briefing and invited questions; officials did not provide a timeline for the investigators' findings. The department said it will publish the footage and related materials online. The briefing referenced a link (stated as dpv.com in the audio) that will host the footage.