A Texas fugitive who allegedly worked as a security guard for Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) was killed in a standoff with a Dallas SWAT team Wednesday night.
The suspect, who went by several aliases including Mike King, was wanted for impersonating a law enforcement officer and had claimed to be one while recruiting for his business that places off-duty cops with side jobs, CBS News Texas reported.
King was being tracked by the Dallas Police Department’s fugitive unit Wednesday night when he barricaded himself inside a car in the parking garage at Children’s Medical Center Dallas at around 11:40 p.m., officials said at a press conference Thursday morning.
King was forced out of the car by tear gas and aimed a gun at the heavily armed police, who fired at the armed suspect.
The wanted fugitive was struck by the gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have yet to release his real name.
King had worked on Crockett’s detail while she was in both Washington, DC, and Texas, including when she appeared at campaign events for her primary run for the Democratic Senate nomination, which she eventually lost to candidate James Talarico, CBS reported.
Video footage shared by the outlet captured 44-year-old Democrat walking beside her towering security guard, who had been living a double life as a crime boss masquerading as a cop.
King had run the online website “Off Duty Police Services” while allegedly driving a replica undercover cop car with stolen license plates from a military recruiting office.
Crockett had most recently paid “Mike King” for “security services” as recently as last year despite the shadowy figure having a criminal background, according to CBS News Texas.
The Post has reached out to Crockett’s office.