{"id":4361,"date":"2025-11-12T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/police-fatally-shoot-viral-food-influencer-michael-duarte-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:01:10","slug":"police-fatally-shoot-viral-food-influencer-michael-duarte-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/police-fatally-shoot-viral-food-influencer-michael-duarte-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Fatally Shoot Viral Food Influencer Michael Duarte in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viral food influencer Michael Duarte, known for amassing over two million followers across various platforms, was fatally shot by police in Texas, according to a TMZ report. This update contradicts initial statements from Duarte&#8217;s talent agency, which attributed his death to a &#8220;horrible accident&#8221; during a Texas trip shortly after his wedding anniversary. The Medina County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reported responding to a call about a &#8220;male subject with a knife acting erratically,&#8221; who was later identified as Duarte.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival, Duarte allegedly threatened officers, prompting them to issue multiple verbal commands for him to surrender. The sheriff&#8217;s office stated that Duarte charged toward a deputy while yelling, &#8220;I\u2019m going to kill you,&#8221; leading to the shooting. Duarte was pronounced dead at a local hospital. This tragic event leaves behind Duarte&#8217;s wife and their daughter, casting a shadow over his successful career as a food influencer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viral food influencer Michael Duarte, known for amassing over two million followers across various platforms, was fatally shot by police in Texas, according to a TMZ report. This update contradicts initial statements from Duarte&#8217;s talent agency, which attributed his death to a &#8220;horrible accident&#8221; during a Texas trip shortly after his wedding anniversary. The Medina [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranians.global\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}