Texas officer pleads with man to drop knife
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A Texas police officer pleaded with a man to drop a knife after he exited a car that had crashed into a lake. Body cam footage of the February incident was released on Saturday. The officer repeatedly asked the man, identified as Chase Deckard-Thomas, to put down the knife. Despite her warnings, he approached her, leading to the officer shooting him. Deckard-Thomas was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries but survived. He has since been charged with aggravated assault against a police officer.