Gustavo Segura Acosta, 36, of Fresno died on September 22, 2014, after a confrontation with police. In the months before his death he had exhibited escalating threatening behavior toward his wife. A restraining order served September 18, 2014, followed an earlier physical altercation; Acosta was also arrested that day for possession of methamphetamine and released the next day.

Officers went to arrest him the night of September 22 for violating the restraining order and found him in a backyard near Kirk and Grove Avenues armed with a metal pole and wearing part of a five-gallon bucket on his torso. After being shot with a bean bag round and struck with a Taser, he continued to advance with the pole raised. Officers fired ten shots, and Acosta died at the scene.

He had a history of mental health problems, had stopped taking medications in December 2013, and had admitted himself to mental health facilities multiple times in the six months before his death. The investigation concluded the officers acted in self-defense and they were not charged. Does anyone have information about Acosta’s behavior in the weeks before September 22 or about the response that night?