Razorbacks football player says his brother was shot and killed by police in Texas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas Razorbacks football player said that a man shot and killed by police in Texas was his brother.
According to a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, 26-year-old Arthur Lee Armstrong, Jr. died after an incident involving officers with the DeSoto Police Department on Friday.
Hogs’ senior wide receiver Andrew Armstrong confirmed on X that Armstrong was his brother.
“Y'all did my brother like that knowing he had mental health issues," Armstrong said. "He is in y'all system as one and y'all came to my granny house and shot him close range with an AR15 in front of our momma.”
In the post from the DeSoto Police Department, officers said that the incident happened around 10:39 a.m. when police dispatch received a 911 hang-up call from a home in the 1000 block of Hunter’s Creek Dr.
In the release, police said that Armstrong identified himself to police and said he had “several” weapons and wanted to harm police. Officers said that when they arrived, he was in the front yard of the home armed with a knife in each hand and approached officers aggressively.
Police said that Armstrong “continued to close the distance between himself and the officers” prompting an officer to fire a single round from a rifle, striking him in the chest. Officers said they began lifesaving measures, and he was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
In a separate tweet, Armstrong posted a picture of he and his brother with the caption “How they do that to my twin man why man.”
Officials with the DeSoto Police Department said that a press conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday with additional information regarding the incident.
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