The Harnett County Sheriff's office finally explained as much as they were going to explain for the time being:

According to authorities, "a confrontation with an individual resulted in a shooting." The person involved in the confrontation was pronounced dead at the scene, while the deputy received minor injuries.

That's code for "one of our guys shot and killed" some poor sucker. And they added this:

Harnett County Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas Kehagias was involved in the shooting incident, according to Maj. Jeff Huber. Kehagias has been employed as a deputy sheriff since July 2013 and is currently assigned to the patrol division.

That's code for Kehagias was the killer.  But they didn't have much to say about how Deputy "Involved" ended up in a "shooting incident."  Clayton Carroll, the roommate of John Livingston, who might best be described as the person into whom a bullet was fired, was more forthcoming:

Carroll says sheriff's deputies knocked on their door around 3:30 a.m.

Carroll said they were looking for someone that no longer lived there. When deputies asked Livingston if they could search the trailer, Livingston said "not without a search warrant," according to Carroll.

Livingston then closed the door.

In the fantasy world of law, this is where the police, having no search warrant, would shrug and walk away, muttering to themselves that the law precludes their doing anything further without a warrant.  This is the fantasy world upon which courts base their decisions, craft the rules of engagement and pontificate about the high-minded professionalism of law enforcement that would never deliberately and flagrantly ignore law and do whatever the hell they please.

But Clayton Carroll wasn't done yet with his story.

"The cop kicked in the door, got on top of him, started slinging him around beat him…" Carroll said.

Carroll said sheriff's deputies then started spraying mace on Livingston and using the Taser, according to the roommate.

Witnesses said Livingston was not fighting back and was trying to get the Taser out of the deputy's hands.

The incident eventually continued outside.