A grand jury found no criminal wrongdoing by law enforcement in the death of Subramanyam "Raj" Rajagopal, who shot himself during a standoff with Lincoln police last March.
New details came to light in the report filed in Lancaster County District Court late this summer.
Lincoln Police Investigator Robert Hurley testified that about 6 p.m. March 24, a woman called 911 to request help at a home on Gertie Avenue, just north of South 40th Street and Nebraska 2, saying Rajagopal had threatened her with a knife and a gun.
He was inside when police got there. They set a perimeter, closed off Nebraska 2 and began trying to negotiate with him to come out peacefully.
Hurley said Rajagopal came out of the house twice during the standoff. The first time he stepped right back inside. The second time, he sat down with a phone in one hand and a beer in the other. After a short time, he stood up, said "shoot me," and went back inside.
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Mario Robinson, the SWAT team leader, said Rajagopal had been too far away to consider using a Taser and had gone inside before officers could try a police dog or a less-lethal munition.
By about 10:20 p.m., the SWAT team had deployed a robot through a kitchen window.
Shortly after, officers heard five gunshots. When they sent the robot downstairs, they could see that Rajagopal, who was alone in the house by then, had been shot.
Police determined the 62-year-old Lincoln man had fired two shots into the ceiling and shot himself three times, according to the report.
Rajagopal had worked at the Department of Correctional Services as a psychologist until resigning in 2010.
The grand jury determined that his death was the result of a suicide and not caused by any criminal wrongdoing.