On the evening of June 19, 2014, 36-year-old Thomas D. Rogers was shot and killed in an alley behind the South Park Plaza shopping center in Port Orchard, Washington, after a confrontation with three Port Orchard police officers who had located him to serve arrest warrants. Officers attempted to use a Taser, which did not subdue Rogers, and he was armed with a kitchen-style knife when the encounter escalated and two officers discharged their firearms. Two officers were hurt during the altercation; one suffered lacerations needing sutures and another sustained an ankle injury.

Rogers, known locally as a DJ called DJ Bad Man, had five felony arrest warrants out of Tulsa, Oklahoma for child molestation and a criminal history that included convictions in Oklahoma for child abuse by injury, felony possession of marijuana, and fraud, along with local domestic violence warrants. The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office investigated the officer-involved shooting and the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office later determined the officers’ actions were justified; no criminal charges were filed. Friends and acquaintances organized a candlelight vigil after his death.

If anyone knew Rogers, worked with him, or witnessed the events near South Park Plaza that evening, please share what might help clarify what happened.