Richard Joseph Barrett, 62, of Long Beach, California, died on November 1, 2014, after being shot by a Long Beach Police Department officer. Officers had responded to a residential robbery call in the 300 block of Cherry Avenue and encountered Barrett, identified by police as the suspect. The LBPD reports Barrett attacked officers with a knife and a crowbar, and a knife was recovered at the scene.

Police say Barrett had broken into neighbors’ home that day, vandalized property, set a fire, and killed the family dog; the residents had left the building while Barrett was inside. Barrett had been a neighbor of the victims for about a decade and, according to officials, there were no previous confrontations between them. The coroner identified Barrett and an autopsy was pending while the LBPD conducted an investigation into the officer-involved shooting.

Anyone with information about Barrett, the events on Cherry Avenue that day, or the neighbors involved is asked to come forward.