State AG officers fatally shoot man at Fort Worth apartment complex
The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred in Fort Worth Tuesday, the agency said in a statement.
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The department said in a news release Wednesday that the Texas Office of the Attorney General was serving an arrest warrant for indecency with a child at an apartment complex in the 3600 block of Outlet Boulevard in Fort Worth. Authorities located 36-year-old Matthew Cruz hiding in an apartment, the release said.
While near Cruz in a confined area, authorities gave commands to him, which he ignored, the release said. The officers found he was armed with a knife and they fired their weapons at him.
Cruz was pronounced dead at the scene and no officers were injured, according to the authorities.
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Fort Worth police said in a statement on social media that no officer from the department was involved in the shooting and that its officers were only at the scene to assist.
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“There is no danger to the public,” the DPS statement said.
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