Autopsies Ordered for Man and Alleged Victim

Suspect shot after refusing to drop knife

MERCEDES - Autopsies are being performed on a Mercedes couple.

Authorities tell NEWSCHANNEL 5 they got a call about a stabbing in progress in the 300 block of Mistletoe. They say when officers arrived, they found a woman in a pool of blood and a man holding a knife. According to reports, police told him to drop the weapon several times, but he refused. That's when an officer shot him.

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