John Livingston was 33 and was shot to death on the front porch of his Spring Lake, North Carolina home in the early hours of November 15, 2015. Deputies arrived about 3:30 AM reportedly looking for another person; Livingston told them that person did not live there and refused entry without a warrant. Witnesses say deputies kicked in the door, a struggle followed, Livingston was maced and tased multiple times, and was then shot four times on the porch. The deputy who fired was identified as Nicholas Kehagias, who said he shot when Livingston reached for Kehagias’s Taser, but witnesses disputed that Livingston ever had control of the Taser.

An autopsy found alcohol and cocaine in Livingston’s system and determined he had been shot three times from an indeterminate or distant range. Kehagias was placed on administrative leave and later resigned in June 2016; a grand jury declined to indict him. Livingston’s family sued the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office alleging a pattern of excessive force, and the Sheriff’s Office agreed in June 2021 to a $6 million settlement with six families including Livingston’s.

What details about that night or the investigation still need more scrutiny from readers who followed the case?