FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police officers fatally shot a man who was reportedly hallucinating during a standoff following a domestic disturbance call Saturday evening, police said.
At 7:18 p.m., officers were dispatched to the call in the 2900 block of Northwest 21st Street. During a press conference Thursday, police shared audio of the suspect's wife talking to the 911 operator. They also identified the suspect as 57-year-old Daniel Gutierrez.
"My husband is hallucinating," Gutierrez's wife said on the call. He's seeing people."
She goes on to say he has a firearm on him and "He keeps insisting he sees the devil."
When officers arrived, they persuaded Gutierrez's wife to get out of the residence. During Thursday's press conference, body camera footage shows the wife leaving the home.
While officers were at the scene, body camera footage shows someone shooting at officers from inside the residence. They said Gutierrez was the one firing a gun from inside.
Police then created a perimeter, alerted SWAT and the Crisis Intervention Team, and tried multiple times to contact Gutierrez.
An officer with crisis negotiation training tried to get Gutierrez out of the house for more than an hour, according to Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes.
After an officer deployed some form of a gas into the home, Gutierrez eventually came out of the residence armed with a handgun. Police said Gutierrez "presented a deadly threat towards officers." Bodycam footage shows an officer initially saying "Let me see your hands, let me see your hands" before they then fired their weapons, hitting Gutierrez.
Gutierrez took a "shooting stance" before pointing a handgun in the direction of the officers, according to Noakes. Three officers fired at Gutierrez, striking him multiple times, Noakes said.
Police said they provided medical treatment to Gutierrez until he was taken to a hospital. He was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m.
No one else was hurt. One handgun was recovered at the scene.
Fort Worth police say the department's Major Case unit, Internal Affairs, and investigators from the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office also responded to the scene and they will be conducting their standard investigation.
"This incident is a reminder that our officer is going to work every day prepared for the possibility they may face highly dangerous and unpredictable situations while serving and protecting our community," Noakes said.
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