Weatherford police shoot man who pointed gun at them during domestic response
WEATHERFORD, Texas - Weatherford police on Wednesday released body camera video of an officer-involved shooting stemming from a domestic disturbance early Saturday morning.
Officers responded around 2 a.m. Saturday to Cypress View Villas on Atwood Court after a woman called to report an assault.
In the video, dispatchers can be heard telling the responding officers that the man accused of the assault is armed and threatening to shoot the officers when they arrive.
Officers said two children were inside the home at the time of the incident.
As officers arrive, the door to the apartment is open, and the officer can be heard calling to one of the children inside the apartment to come outside.
Police said the two children and the woman were able to make it outside.
Officers are heard on camera telling the man to drop his gun.
The man can be heard saying, "No. You drop it."
Police then shoot the man after he points the gun at them.
Weatherford police say a 40-year-old man was shot by officers responding to a domestic disturbance after he pointed a handgun at them.
Weatherford police said the man was taken to a Fort Worth hospital and is still being treated.
No one else was injured.
The names of the officers involved have not been released.