Gregory Michael Beaudet, 22, was shot by a San Diego police officer after an incident outside Ralph’s supermarket in the Marina neighborhood on August 27, 2009. Officers on bicycles responded about 11:45 p.m. to a robbery in progress and found several employees wrestling with two men, one identified as Beaudet. Police say Beaudet kicked at officers, resisted baton use, then produced a knife and began waving it at officers and bystanders. From less than five feet, he made a stabbing motion toward one officer, who fired two rounds; Beaudet collapsed and died at a trauma center the next morning.

Homicide detectives and internal investigators opened an inquiry into the shooting. The officer who fired was identified as Jared Wilson; police statements reported he believed his life, his partner’s and others’ lives were in danger. Other men involved were identified as Joseph Kidis and a third alleged accomplice who fled before police arrived. Beaudet was a Shaker High School graduate and Navy veteran remembered as a former Boy Scout, rock climber and search and rescue swimmer.

Are there witnesses or additional details from that night who can clarify the sequence of events?