Overview
- Officers responded on November 8 to reports of a man with a knife in Castroville, according to the Medina County Sheriff’s Office.
- Authorities say Michael Duarte behaved unpredictably, ignored commands to get on the ground, and issued a death threat while advancing on an officer.
- A female officer fired two shots that struck Duarte, who was transported to University Hospital in San Antonio and later died.
- A family fundraising page initially referred to a “terrible incident” or “accident” before police released details of the shooting.
- Duarte, known online as Food With Bear Hands, had a large following, and public messages and donations are supporting his wife and young daughter.