Police: South Texas officer fatally shot man who pointed gun
SAN BENITO (AP) — Police in a southern Texas town say an officer fatally shot a man who pointed a gun at the officer after first pointing at his mother.
Police in San Benito near the Texas-Mexico border said in a news release that Officer Oscar Lara shot Samuel Mata, 21, about 11 p.m. Wednesday in the city about 460 miles (740 kilometers) south of Dallas.
Lara was attempting to intervene in an argument between Mata and his mother over Mata's use of her vehicle when Mata pointed the gun at his mother then at the officer, according to the Thursday news release.
Police said Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting.
Firefighters extinguish large blaze at Dallas-area factory
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — Firefighters doused the last hot spot Thursday after a massive fire a day earlier at a Dallas-area plastics factory sent a dense column of toxic black smoke over North Texas, officials said.
The last of the fire at the Poly-America plant in Grand Prairie, which started early Wednesday, was extinguished Thursday afternoon, said Grand Prairie Fire Department spokeswoman Claudia Garibay. Damage was confined to plastic sheets stored in a yard downwind from the plant building, which wasn’t damaged, she said.
Fire officials have said a power line fell in a storage yard, igniting plastic sheeting. Garibay said the cause remains under investigation. No injuries were reported.
Poly-America is headquartered in Grand Prairie and specializes in products made from polyethylene, such as trash bags, drop cloths and plastic sheeting, according to the company's website.
