Overview
- Michael Duarte, known online as FoodWithBearHands, was shot on Nov. 8 in Castroville, Texas, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- The Medina County Sheriff's Office relayed to TMZ that deputies responded to a report of a man acting erratically with a knife before a deputy opened fire.
- Early family statements and a GoFundMe page described the death as a terrible accident, a characterization that differs from the law-enforcement account.
- Few specifics have been released by authorities, and media reports indicate further details and any formal investigative findings have not been made public.
- Alooma Media Group confirmed his death as tributes spread online; a GoFundMe seeks funds to repatriate his body to California and cover funeral costs for his wife Jessica and their 6-year-old daughter, Oakley.