LAKE WORTH — On Friday, Jan 30, a man was shot and killed by police officers after firing a weapon at the officers following a chase and hours-long standoff at a Fort Worth home Thursday, police said.
The incident began when Lake Worth Police officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop at about 4 p.m. The suspect fired shots at LW officers and then fled the scene. Police pursued the suspect and the chase ended in the 1700 block of Skyline Drive in Fort Worth, on the outskirts of River Oaks.
The suspect exited his red pickup truck and ran into his mother's home. The suspect barricaded himself inside the home and began to set off fireworks. Fort Worth Police Department’s SWAT team was called in to assist with the active scene. According to police, the man held his own mother hostage but eventually released her unharmed.
The suspect stepped outside the home after several hours of a standoff and held a gun to his head. Police negotiated with him in hopes to de-escalate the scene but were fired upon again by the suspect.
A Fort Worth SWAT officer returned fire, striking the suspect, who was taken to a hospital where he died, officials said.
At about 1 p.m. Friday, the Fort Worth Fire Department was called to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office after fireworks were found on the suspect's body. FW and LW police had not released the identity of the deceased suspect by press time.