TEMPLE, Texas (KXXV) — The Temple Police Department has identified the man killed in an officer-involved shooting as 48-year-old Michael Bishoff of Temple.

According to police, the incident began Thursday night, when an officer observed a suspicious person on private property near the 1200 block of W Avenue G. Two officers made contact and asked the suspect to stop, but he fled westbound down an alley toward 25th Street.

During a foot pursuit, one officer reported the suspect had a knife and the officers ordered him to stop. Police say the suspect ran onto railroad tracks, made verbal threats to kill an officer, and refused repeated commands to drop the object in his hand.

At approximately 9:55 p.m., police say the suspect advanced toward one of the officers in what they described as an

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