Man In State Of Emotional Distress Fatally Shot By Arlington Officers

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ARLINGTON, Texas - Arlington police released body camera video and provided an update on an officer-involved shooting that ended with a man’s death.

The 56-year-old man was suffering a mental health crisis and reportedly lunged at officers with a large knife.
Chief Al Jones identified the deceased man as 56-year-old David Eversole, who had been making suicidal comments and had access to knives. Four officers responded to the 911 call from another person in his home.

"When officers entered the room, Mr. Eversole became very upset and pulled out a large knife. The officers gave him multiple verbal commands to drop the knife, but he did not comply. In an attempt to de-escalate the situation, you can see the officer start backing out of the room. He lowered his weapon, but at that moment, Mr. Eversole came towards the officer still holding the knife. The officer then fired multiple shots at Mr. Everson, striking him," Chief Jones said.
The deadly shooting happened on Sept. 17 around 10:45 p.m. at a home in the 1700 block of West Lovers Lane. That’s just south of Interstate 30, north of West Pioneer Parkway.

Witnesses told police the 56-year-old man was in a state of emotional distress and threatening to take his own life.

Police said the responding officers heard the man yelling and learned that a family member was in the room with him. They immediately got the family member out, but then the man got upset and pulled out a large knife.

Categories: Police

Tags: Texas police

1 +1 Oculus_noctis 2 weeks ago

His den looked like the starship enterprise. Even had a Transporter....

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4 +1 djdiscshooter 2 weeks ago

Lmao the cop said "DO NOT DROP THE KNIFE!!"

2 +1 dingus369 2 weeks ago

Cool setup

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9 +1 W1zard0f0h 2 weeks ago

So the police illegally enter his house and when he tries to defend it they shoot him. And you think this is good policing.

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5 +1 ZooKeeper 2 weeks ago

Fucking redneck Tony Stark

3 +1 MarGarTar 2 weeks ago

If any room of your house, or any house you have ever lived in, looks like this, then the remainder of the community supports police extermination of you. Sharpen up, or fuck off.

1 +1 dingus369 2 weeks ago

@MarGarTar Why is this frowned upon but fudds can do the equivalent with their garage full of dumb car shit

9 +1 0falcon0 2 weeks ago

Pigs... they dont give a fuck about anyone

5 +1 essence25 2 weeks ago

@0falcon0 Unless...its a viable wealthy person.

6 +1 L.X 2 weeks ago

Oh man! I hope that wasn't a TWW mod!!

0 +1 Cripple 2 weeks ago

@L.X
HAHAHA!

Nope.

Don't look nearly that good !!!

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15 +1 MiTleiD 2 weeks ago

Once again completely unnecessary, and yet another case of mind-boggling incompetence when it comes to dealing with people during mental health crises.

3 +1 L.X 2 weeks ago

@MiTleiD Would you prefer a socialworker to show up instead?

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4 +1 MiTleiD 2 weeks ago

@L.X How about someone who actually knows their job? Someone who gets that screaming orders at people in a psychiatric emergency is pointless, and who has the competence not to put themselves in a position where they end up having to shoot.

3 +1 ScreaminMime 2 weeks ago

Guess Mr. WhiteFuture won't be posting any longer :angel:

1 +1 L.X 2 weeks ago

@ScreaminMime Ah! I thought by the room and uniform he was a TWW mod, didn't realize that regular users also lived like that.

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9 +1 Oreshnik 2 weeks ago

We had to kill him for his own good.

2 +1 L.X 2 weeks ago

@Oreshnik To be fair, he hasn't complained since they visited him.

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18 +1 Jobby11227vvcf 2 weeks ago

Don't EVER call the cops if someone you care about is having a meltdown!

3 +1 L.X 2 weeks ago

@Jobby11227vvcf I think just about everyone knows this. I always assume if they called the cops, they are done with that person and know what's coming next.

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4 +1 tommix1 2 weeks ago

The cunt wanting him shot was one of them, maybe some kind of DEI half assed supervisor.

3 +1 L.X 2 weeks ago

@tommix1 Wrong again!

3 +1 Lemmiwinks 2 weeks ago

Which fucking bitch was saying “shoot him”?

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5 +1 MiTleiD 2 weeks ago

@Lemmiwinks It is his relative. However, I think he is telling them not to shoot him.

2 +1 L.X 2 weeks ago

@Lemmiwinks "Don't shoot him" is what he was saying.

11 +1 00BuckShot00 2 weeks ago

Murder.

5 +1 BazBamigboy 2 weeks ago

@00BuckShot00 Where Did You Get Your Legal Degree ? Walmart ?

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3 +1 Jobby11227vvcf 2 weeks ago

@00BuckShot00 100%

13 +1 Quint_Beastwood 2 weeks ago

So they called the Police because they we're afraid the suspect was going to off himself or harm himself somehow.

And they killed him instead. Gotcha. Makes sense.