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OSBI special agents are investigating a use of force incident by the Weatherford Police Department this morning. At approximately 2:30 this morning, the Weatherford Police Department received a call of a man with suicidal thoughts at 905 N. Bryan. Multiple officers arrived on scene and began speaking with 21-year-old Wiatt Folks, who had a pistol in his hand. OSBI agents have been told that during negotiations, Folks sat the gun down. At about 6:30 a.m., Folks picked up the gun and raised it toward his head. At that point, one of the officers shot Folks with a bean bag from his shotgun. A bean bag round is meant to stun a person. That bean bag round did not deter Folks, who then shot himself in the head. Folks died at the scene. The Weatherford Police Department requested OSBI investigate the use of force and the suicide. OSBI special agents are on the scene. Folks lived at the home where the incident took place.