SHORT STORY: Officers received a radio call that a man had stabbed himself with a knife and was despondent. On arriving they saw a man in a wheel chair bleeding from the stomach. Officer A approached the man to render aid. Suspect pulled a knife from under his thigh. The officers repositioned themselves to the doorway and repeatedly ordered the suspect to drop the knife. The suspect rose from the wheelchair and began walking back and forth. He stabbed himself in the chest with the knife. He then started walking towards the officers. They backed out of the apartment into the hallway. Officer D stepped backwards 7-8 feet and found himself blocked in by a wall and a railing. Suspect walked rapidly towards him with his arm extended and the blade of the knife pointed at the officer. Officers B, C, and D fired simultaneously. Suspect went down, and then pushed himself out and lunged toward Officer D within 2 feet. Officer D fired another round. BOPC FINDINGS: AD Tactics. (1) officers did not form a tactical plan; (2) did not have a TASER on their person; (3) Officer D should not have deployed to a place where he became trapped.
