Man Dies After Disturbance Involving Police

[TexasStooge]

FORT WORTH, Texas -- A Fort Worth police officer is on administrative leave after a overnight shooting left one man dead.

Police say the incident started as a domestic disturbance between a man and his mother and ended in the death of 31-year-old Gary Elschulz.

The shooting happened just before 10:00 Sunday night.

Police say the man lived at the house with his mother and the two apparently got into an argument and the man grabbed a knife and went into the bedroom.

Police representative Lt. Jesse Hernandez said the officers let the man know that they were there and ordered him to drop the knife. Elschulz then jumped at them and began threatening them.

Initially, one officer pulled out a Taser, but it malfunctioned. Another officer then fired on Elshulz two times.

Elshulz was transported to John Peter Smith hospital where he was later pronounced dead.