HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Deputies opened fire and killed a man whom they say failed to obey commands to drop a knife in the middle of a northwest Harris County street on Wednesday evening.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said an initial call came in at 7:16 p.m. about a man cutting or stabbing himself in the 3200 block of Palston Bend Lane in the Villas at Northpark neighborhood. That’s located just south of FM-1960.

According to HCSO, deputies located the man impeding traffic and stabbing himself with a knife. Deputies then used verbal commands to disarm the man before unsuccessfully using “less than lethal force,” which the sheriff’s office didn’t immediately specify.

Then, the man advanced toward the deputies, leading them to…