BEAUMONT, Texas — A grand jury has no-billed an officer who fatally shot a Beaumont man who they say approached them with a chainsaw.
Cory Kneeland, the Grand Jury Attorney and Chief of Intake Section told 12News that "The Grand Jury after full review ruled it to be a justified shooting and no further action needed to be taken."
Manuel Arteaga, 42, was fatally shot by officers on August 24.
The shooting happened on a Saturday night after officers were sent to a disturbance call at a home in the 1800 block of Harriot St. at 8:20 p.m., according to a news release from Beaumont Police.
While officers were at the home talking to a person involved in the disturbance, a man approached them from behind a home "armed with a chainsaw" and advanced toward them, police say.
The officers fired their weapons at the Arteaga who was pronounced dead at the scene by Beaumont EMS paramedics.
