Lorne Kyle Ashmore
Male, Unknown race
Date of the incident: 3/1/2019
Waco, McLennan, TX
Speight Avenue and South 15th Street
Speight Avenue and South 15th Street
Police were called to a disturbance call at the Deluxe Inn around 9:40 p.m. regarding a man trying to force his way into someone's room. When an officer arrived, he saw a man with a knife. The officer ordered him to drop the knife, but the man allegedly refused and fled. The officer chased the man with the help of a bystander, and they found him trying to get into a car that had a woman and children inside. The bystander tackled the suspect. Police say that is when man stabbed volunteer bystander several times. Officer Claire Van Wolfe shot and killed the man with the knife, Lorne Ashmore.