A popular food influencer was shot and killed by a Medina County Sheriff’s deputy last week after they said he threatened to kill them.

A Medina County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) spokesperson identified the deceased as Michael Anthony Duarte, 39.

In a sheriff’s office statement, deputies were dispatched on a disturbance call just before 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 8 in an area near the 1500 block of Houston Street in Castroville.

A law enforcement source told KSAT that the initial 911 call was a mental health disturbance at a rental property at the Houston Street location.

MCSO said the call involved a “male subject with a knife acting erratically.”

Authorities said a sheriff’s deputy responded to the scene to back up Castroville police officers who were already in the area west of the original l

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