John E. Brown II, 44, died on February 16, 2014 after an officer-involved shooting at his home in the 6600 block of Ohio Street in Hammond, Indiana. Police were responding to an emergency call about a violent domestic disturbance in which a woman had been stabbed in the mouth. Officers Carmen Ramirez and Michael Elkmann entered the residence and encountered Brown, who was reported to be armed with two large knives and refusing commands to drop them.

According to the officers’ accounts, Brown made a move toward them and Officer Elkmann fired, striking Brown. He was taken to St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and pronounced dead at 9:46 p.m.; the Lake County Coroner listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound. The incident was turned over to the Indiana State Police for an independent review. Brown’s wife, Jennifer Ann Brown, survived the stabbing.

Brown’s mother, Nancy Kuhlmey, later filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive force and disputing elements of the police account, including whether Brown was advancing and whether he held one or two knives. No criminal charges against the officers have been reported. Does anyone have further details about the scene or the independent investigation?