Police were called around 11:20 a.m. to the home in the 100 block of Pershing Street Northeast by a family member because Sedlock was attempting suicide and acting erratically, according to Gaultieri, who said the relative had taken a knife from Sedlock.
Officers entered the house and saw Sedlock at the end of a hall with a 4-inch serrated knife in his hand, the sheriff said. Sedlock was saying “shoot me, shoot me,” according to Gaultieri. Officers deployed Tasers and Sedlock fell to the ground with the knife beside him, but he was able to grab it and, as he was getting up and trying to move toward the officers, an officer fired four times, striking Sedlock, the sheriff said.