The man's family says they called the city's crisis center for help because they worried he was having a mental crisis.
police say officers shot and killed 52-year-old Andrew Jerome Washington after he allegedly charged at officers with a knife Sunday night.
"Why did they bust in there like he was a criminal? He wasn't threatening somebody, he was in his own place," she said."He's bipolar, he has a mental condition... We called the crisis center, because we noticed he wasn't taking his medication, he wasn't acting normal." "They entered third, and they were charged by Mr. Washington with a knife in hand, and the use of force applied for a firearm and a taser," Fulop said.
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