Austin police shooting: Officers end up killing distressed wife of man who phoned for help

‘The man told a 911 operator that his wife was in distress. He wanted a mental health officer sent to their south Austin apartment to help calm things down.
Austin police changed their tactics when the man warned that the situation had grown perilous: His wife, he said, had picked up a gun.
Instead of the mental health officer responding to the Club at Summer Valley apartments, two other officers crept closer to building 744. They put cover between themselves and the distraught woman’s apartment, cautious as they tried to make contact.’
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