In the predawn hours of January 22, 2017, 57-year-old Christopher Mark Tompkins was fatally shot by Pittsburgh police during a chaotic home invasion response in the Larimer neighborhood. Officers arrived after an intruder, later identified as Juan Brian Jeter-Clark, entered the house where Tompkins and his ex-wife, Brenda Richmond, had been awakened. Tompkins armed himself with a handgun and, as he came down the stairs while police approached the front of the home, he fired a shot. Officers Harrison Maddox and Brendan Flicker returned fire, killing Tompkins.

Investigators arrested Jeter-Clark at the scene and later charged him with criminal trespass. The Allegheny County District Attorney convened a grand jury, which in December 2018 found the officers acted within their training and declined to recommend criminal charges, describing the event as a perfect storm of confusion, loud noise, and gunfire. Tompkins had a prior conviction from 1994 for a homicide that barred him from possessing firearms. In March 2018 Brenda Richmond filed a federal wrongful death suit alleging excessive force and inadequate police training; the case’s final outcome is not publicly known.

Does anyone have information about the night of January 22, 2017, or knew Tompkins, Richmond, or Jeter-Clark and what happened that morning?