Officer Shoots Suspect

Two dead

MERCEDES - An investigation is underway in Mercedes this evening after a stabbing leaves two people dead.

It happened at the 300 block of Mistletoe. Authorities tell us they received a call about a shooting in process, just before midnight Saturday night. When they arrived they found a woman in a pool of blood and a man with a knife in his hand.

Police ordered him to drop the weapon several times. But he refused, and an officer shot him.

Both the woman and the man were rushed to the hospital, where they later died.