DALLAS — The man Dallas police shot and killed after he allegedly wielded a knife and threatened a woman in a North Dallas home was identified Thursday.
Officers responded around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday to reports of a disturbance at a home in the 13800 block of Far Hills Lane, according to a public information officer with the Dallas Police Department.
When officers arrived, they found a man allegedly threatening to harm a woman and himself with a knife inside a home, Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said at a press conference Wednesday morning. Police told the man to drop the knife, but he refused, according to a press release from the Dallas Police Department.
The man was later identified as 46-year-old Martin Benes by the Dallas County Medical Examiner.
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