Dallas police have released bodycam footage in the incident involving a man who was fatally shot after he "moved toward" officers with a knife in Far North Dallas on Friday night.
The incident happened at about 6:45 p.m. Friday in the 5800 block of Belt Line Road, Dallas police said.
Police said officers responded to a call of aggravated family violence and when they arrived found the man and a woman inside a tent.
Dallas Police Chief Garcia says his officers used less lethal force to no avail.
The woman emerged from the tent first, police said, and when the man stepped out he "moved toward the officers with the knife in hand." Officers fired and struck him.
The man was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries. The woman was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
No officers were injured.
Garcia says Watkins has a long criminal history
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