On the night of February 19, 2001, Richard L. Vauris, a 54-year-old male police officer with the Clinton Township Police Department, responded to a call on Wallis Street. Family members at a townhouse were concerned that a relative was suicidal and had requested police assistance. Vauris, who had recently been assigned as a negotiator, entered the residence with several other officers to speak with the man in the kitchen.
A struggle ensued between the officers and the distressed man. Duri
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