HOUSTON: A Houston police officer shot dead a one-armed, one-legged man in a wheelchair on Saturday inside a group home after police say the double amputee threatened the officer and aggressively waved a metal object that turned out to be a pen.

Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva
said the man cornered the officer in his wheelchair and was making
threats while trying to stab the officer with the pen. At the time, the
officer did not know what the metal object was that the man was waving,
Silva said. She said the man came "within inches to a foot" of
the officer and did not follow instructions to calm down and remain
still. "Fearing for his partner's safety and his own safety, he
discharged his weapon," Silva said. Police did not immediately release
the name of the man who was killed. They had been called to the home
after a caretaker there called and reported that the man in wheelchair
was causing a disturbance. The owner of the group home, John Garcia, told the Houston Chronicle that the man had a history of mental illness and had been living at the house about 18 months.