Man shot by police at mobile home park in Douglas County

<p>A sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who was holding a knife and threatening a woman and children at a mobile home park.</p><p>The Wednesday night incident began as a domestic disturbance call.</p><p>At the home, authorities found a man armed with a knife arguing with a woman. There were also three children in the room.</p><p>The man then began yelling at deputies and pointing the knife at them, Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller said.</p><p>"He kept telling the deputy, 'Shoot me, shoot me' and pointing the knife at him," Miller said.</p><p>At one point the suspect ran to the back of the mobile home. When deputies followed him, they say he turned and thrust the knife toward one of them.</p><p>That is when one of the deputies shot the man once. The suspect was taken to Douglas Wellstar Hospital where he was declared dead.</p><p>The woman was also taken to the hospital and treated for a possible broken jaw.</p><p>"Domestic calls are the most dangerous calls we have," Miller said. "We all dread going on them. Emotions are running so high."</p><p>Names of the suspect and deputy were not immediately released.</p>

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