Food Influencer Michael Duarte
Police Shot, Killed Him After He Made Threats
Published November 12, 2025 9:45 AM PST
We now have details on the “horrible incident” leading to food influencer Michael Duarte’s untimely death.
A rep for the Medina County Sherriff’s Office tells TMZ … deputies responded to a 911 call November 8 in Castroville, Texas, regarding a disturbance involving a “male subject with a knife acting erratically.”
The Sherriff’s Office tells us, Duarte approached officers threateningly and “after multiple verbal commands were given for Duarte to get on the ground by the deputy, Duarte charged toward the deputy while yelling, ‘I’m going to kill you.'”
It was then that the deputy discharged two rounds from her duty weapon, striking Duarte, according to police.
Medical aid was immediately rendered at the scene, and Duarte was transported to University Hospital in San Antonio, where he was later pronounced deceased, police tell us.
