Popular food influencer Michael Duarte- known online as “FoodWithBearHands"- was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy in Texas after he allegedly threatened the officer with a knife and charged at her. The incident took place on November 8 in Castroville, Texas, according to the Medina County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies were responding to an emergency call about a “male subject with a knife acting erratically." When the first deputy arrived, Michael Duarte was reportedly ordered several times to drop the knife and get on the ground, instructions he ignored, the New York Post reported. Instead, he allegedly ran toward the deputy while shouting, “I’m going to kill you."

The deputy fired two shots. Michael Duarte received medical aid at the scene and was taken to University Hospital in San Antoni

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