Kashon Smith

Deadly force

Officer Dean Gransden came upon a domestic dispute at about 10:30 p.m. Friday. Kashon Smith allegedly had physically assaulted two cousins before threatening his mother with a knife and grill fork in her home. The mother fled to a neighbor's residence to call 911. Smith followed her and encountered members of the neighbor's family outside. Allegedly, he verbally threatened them while brandishing the weapons. Gransden came upon the scene, and Smith reportedly ignored Gransden's orders to put down the weapons, when Smith was shot and killed.