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Joseph Lovell Givens, a 34-year-old business owner from Columbus, Ohio, was killed on May 10, 2014. Givens ran All Year Round since 2006 and is survived by his mother Cassandra Givens, his partner Sheronda Byrd-Givens, and children Nazje’ Byrd-Givens, Justin Sellers, Nyazia Givens, and Nyzara’e Givens. He attended Brookhaven High School and completed a certification program at Columbus State Community College in 2009.

On the night he died Givens was reportedly having a mental health crisis and was seen running up and down Jonathan Drive carrying a knife. Officers Stephen Asch and Kyle Beatty responded. The officers said Givens ran toward them with the knife and they used deadly force. A Franklin County grand jury declined to indict the officers, and a police internal review board found the shooting did not violate division policy. In May 2016 a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against the City of Columbus and the Columbus Police Department alleging excessive force and failures in handling mentally ill individuals and criticizing hiring practices concerning Officer Asch.

What details about the incident or its aftermath do readers from Columbus remember or have information about?