Ricky Christopher Raso

Deadly force

According to a heavily-redacted police report, someone called 911 to report Raso was threatening to kill himself, contradicting initial police statements that a caller said Raso had a gun and was threatening passers-by. Police wrote that dispatchers told officers Raso had a gun, but none was seen. At some point, Raso reached into a pocket while charging at Officer Ben Jones, when Jones fired on him. The department declined Tribune requests for the 911 recordings.