Hi Di and all-
We have had some local news stories of similar.
just last week a 18 yr old boy at his family home was threatening to harm himself or family members plus he was drunk/drugs??.

police came { his own mother called them for help}
and he didn't follow directions, so they first shot with bean bags and he went towards the house where family members were -so cops opened fire {4 hits- DOA}

he only had a short bladed knife-family says he dropped it when bean bagged- but he didn't get on the ground like directed.
to be shot 4x right in front of family is crazy

I would have ran out to stop any shooting if I was the mom-

police do need to get better trained to handle these things

story links-
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/storie....272d0a79.html
http://www.tigardtimes.com/news/stor...43594618177000