Michael Duarte, a food influencer who was said to have died in a “horrible incident,” was fatally shot by police, according to TMZ .

The California-based content creator known on social media as FoodWithBearHands was travelling in Texas when the shooting occurred.

Deputies with the Medina County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call in Castroville after reports were called in about a disturbance involving a “male subject with a knife acting erratically,” TMZ reported.

Authorities said that Duarte approached the officers in a threatening manner.

“After multiple verbal commands were given for Duarte to get on the ground by the deputy, Duarte charged toward the deputy while yelling, ‘I’m going to kill you,’” the sheriff’s office told TMZ.

The deputy shot Duarte twice. He died in

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