GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) - Police in Grand Island fatally shot a man who charged at officers with a knife, despite attempts to use less lethal force to subdue him, police there said.
The shooting happened near midnight Monday, when officers were called to a house by people seeking to have a family member they suspected of being under the influence of drugs removed from the home, police said Tuesday morning in a news release.
Arriving officers said the family member - later identified as Americo Reyes Jr., 40, of Grand Island - began barricading the home's doors and turning out the lights before he met officers at the back door holding a large knife.
Officers used what they described as two different less-lethal options on Reyes to try to subdue him, police said, but they appeared to have no effect on him. Officers repeatedly ordered Reyes to drop the knife, but he charged at the officers with it, police said, and the officers shot him.
The officers immediately performed first aid until medics arrived, police said, but Reyes died at the scene.
Police said an investigation into the death will be conducted by South Central Area Law Enforcement Services, led by the Buffalo County Sheriff's Department.
State law requires a grand jury investigation anytime a person is killed by law enforcement.