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Baytown Police Fatally Shoot Knife-Wielding Man During Family Disturbance, Find Mother of His Children Dead

The department's homicide unit has taken over the case with the woman's cause of death still undetermined.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 4 a.m. to a family disturbance at an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Garth Road.
  • Police say the man ignored commands and advanced with a knife before officers fired, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • While clearing the apartment, officers found a woman deceased who was identified as the mother of the man's two children.
  • The children were discovered inside uninjured and were taken to safety and provided assistance by officers.
  • No officers were injured, and Baytown police say investigators are working to determine how the woman died.