Authorities have identified a man shot and killed by SWAT officers during a drug raid on Thursday.
Jose Arroyo-Rosales Sr., 60, was pronounced dead from multiple gunshot wounds about 1:40 a.m., according to the Tarrant County medical examiner's office.
Later Thursday, Jose Rosales, 24, who was at the same address, was arrested on drug possession charges, according to a police report. Rosales faces charges of marijuana possession, possession of a controlled substance and unlawfully carrying a weapon, according to police records.
Police have also impounded a black 2017 Chevrolet Camaro, the police report said. On Tuesday, Rosales was arrested and jailed on a suspicion of reckless driving charge, police records showed. Rosales was traveling at an estimated speed of 100 mph as he was driving in the 600 block of East Berry Street, a police report said.
Arroyo-Rosales was shot by SWAT officers who were serving a narcotics search warrant at about 1:15 a.m. in the 1900 block of St. Louis Avenue, according to authorities.
The officers encountered a closed door, entered a room and quickly saw a man with a handgun, pointing it at them, a police news release said.
"Fearing for their safety, SWAT officers fired their weapons at him and struck him several times," the release said. The man was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.
The location of the shooting is about two blocks south of John Peter Smith, just west of South Main Street. Fort Worth Police spokesman Brad Perez told WFAA that at least two more adults and one child were in the house at the time of the shooting, but no one other than the man pointing the gun at police was injured.
Narcotics were "in plain view" inside the home, the release said.
Police would not verify if the man who was arrested was related to the man who died. Homicide detectives are still investigating, according to Tracy Carter, police spokesman.
This story contains information from Star-Telegram archives
Mitch Mitchell, 817-390-7752, @mitchmitchel3
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