Keith Vidal was 18 when he died on January 5, 2014, in Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina. Suffering a schizophrenic episode that day, Keith’s family called law enforcement. Officers found him holding a small screwdriver and threatening his mother. Two officers had restrained the 90-pound youth when Detective Byron Vassey arrived, ordered a Taser be used, then shot Keith point-blank in the chest, killing him.

Detective Vassey, a nine-year veteran of the Southport Police Department, was charged with voluntary manslaughter and tried in a two-week bench trial in May 2016; the judge found him not guilty. An internal review by the Boiling Spring Lakes Police Department and an inquiry by the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office reported no policy violations. Keith’s mother filed a wrongful death suit alleging negligence, excessive force, and inadequate training; that suit was settled in March 2017 for $1 million, and the settlement included support for Crisis Intervention Techniques training legislation.

What details about Keith’s last hours or the officers’ actions might help readers who knew him or witnessed the incident come forward?