Randall N. Vergari

Deadly force

Sgt. Tom Coppotelli and Detective Rich Wittenauer shot Randall N. Vergari three times after he allegedly attacked them with a knife. Shortly before 4 p.m., the officers responded after Vergari's sister reported that her brother had stabbed her in the arm when she went to his apartment to check on him. According to police, Wittenauer moved the curtain at an open sliding door to look inside, and Vergari stabbed him four times. WIttenauer and Coppotelli then shot Vergari, who was pronounced dead at a hospital. A grand jury decided that the officers' actions were justified.