Armed man shot by Saginaw Police by officers responding to a call about a man in crisis

A shooting involving Saginaw Police and an armed man is under investigation after officers were sent to a home Saturday morning for a welfare check. According to the Saginaw Police Department, officers were sent to a home on the 300 block of Asbury Drive at about 11:25 a.m., where a man was reportedly having a mental health crisis and attempted to harm himself. When officers arrived, they reported encountering a man armed with a rifle. Saginaw Police said officers gave repeated instructions to "de-escalate the situation," but that the armed man "advanced on officers with the rifle and one Saginaw officer discharged his handgun." Medics from the Saginaw Fire Department and Fort Worth Fire Department EMS personnel provided medical care and took the man to a hospital. His current condition is unknown.

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