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Updated: 10:17 AM CDT April 20, 2021
ARANSAS PASS, Texas A man is dead after exchanging gunfire with officers Monday night in Aransas Pass, officials say.
Aransas Pass authorities got a call around 9:40 p.m. about someone knocking on car doors and acting suspiciously at the Valero on Wheeler Ave. Officials said one witness reported that it appeared the man was on drugs.
The first officer on scene found the man, 52, inside the convenience store, a press release says. Officers said the man, who spoke primarily Spanish, seemed excited when accompanying the officer outside the store. The man got into the police vehicle and demanded the doors remain shut, the release said.